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New South Wales - Organisation

Our Boys' Home (1890 - 1945)

  • Boys' Home, Camden. N.S.W.

    Boys' Home, Camden. N.S.W., c. 1930, courtesy of Peter Moore.
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From
1890
To
1945
Categories
Home and Non-denominational
Alternative Names
  • The Boys' Home (also known as)

Our Boys' Home was established in 1890 in Camden by the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children. It was a farm training home and closed in 1945.

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Our Boys' Home was founded by George Edward Ardill's Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children, after a gift from Mr WH Paling, of Paling's Music Store in Sydney. It was intended as a farm training home and, like other institutions run by George Edward Ardill, such as the Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women, arranged 'apprenticeships' for boys once they had left the home.

The Home closed in 1945 and the building was sold in 1946, later becoming known as Macquarie House.

Location

1890 - 1945
Address - Our Boys' Home was situated at 56A Ferguson Road, Camden. Location: Camden

Related Concepts

Related Organisations

Publications

Journals

  • Sydney Rescue Work Society/Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children (ed.), The Rescue: official organ of the Sydney Rescue Work Society and Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children, This item is available at the State Library of NSW., 1880-1910. Details

Online Resources

Photos

[Our Boys' Home]
Title
[Our Boys' Home]
Type
Image
Date
c. 1930
Source
Peter Moore

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[Boys at Our Boys' Home]
Title
[Boys at Our Boys' Home]
Type
Image
Date
c. 1930
Source
Peter Moore

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Boys' Home, Camden. N.S.W.
Title
Boys' Home, Camden. N.S.W.
Type
Image
Date
c. 1930
Source
Peter Moore

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Macquarie House', in State Heritage Register, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, https://www.hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au/App/Item/ViewItem?itemId=1280110; Robinson, Steve, 'Grasmere', in Dictionary of Sydney, Dictionary of Sydney Trust, 2008, http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/grasmere.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry