Dundas Boys Home, c. 1930 - c. 1940, courtesy of Care Leavers Australaisa Network (CLAN).
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Dundas Boys' Home was opened by the Churches of Christ in 1930. It was intended to house 21 boys, but by 1932 there were 31 boys in residence.
Dundas Boys' Home was located in the house "Calmsley" at Dundas. In 1936, "Calmsley" was sold and the boys moved to Dunmore House, Pendle Hill.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Boys Home Opened', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 November 1930, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16727559; 'Church of Christ Fete', The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 November 1932, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16927315; 'Mortgagee's sale, "Calmsley"', The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Feb 1936, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17319703; Arrowsmith, HM, 'Churches of Christ. Annual Conference.', The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 1933, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/85763190; Stephenson, A. W, Victories of a Century, Vital Publications, Melbourne, 1985, https://freshhope.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/100th-Anniversary-Victories-of-a-Century-1.pdf; Correspondence with Fresh Hope (Churches of Christ NSW), October 2019, held in the Find & Connect project files.
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Created: 26 April 2013, Last modified: 7 December 2020
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