The Probationary Farm Home, Rydalmere was established in 1891 by the State Children’s Relief Board. It was a home for boys who were defined as being too ‘vicious’ or ‘too old’ to stay at the Mittagong Cottage Homes or in the boarding out system. The Probationary Farm Home, Rydalmere was closed in 1894 and the boys were sent to the Carpentarian Reformatory.
From
1891
To
1894
1891 - 1894
Probationary Farm Home was situated at Rydalmere, New South Wales (Building Unknown)