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New South Wales - Organisation
Yarra Bay House (1917 - 1923)
Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay, 7 August 2007, by Bar, J, courtesy of J Bar, Wikimedia Commons.
Details
- From
- 1917
- To
- 1923
- Categories
- Children's Home, Disability Institution, Government-run and Home
Yarra Bay House was established at Phillip Bay, at La Perouse, as an institution for children defined as handicapped by the State Children's Relief Board in 1917. It was converted to La Perouse Training School for Girls in 1923.
Publications
Newspaper Articles
Reports
- Boyle, Brian, The Child Welfare Schools: Recollections of these unique schools and the men and women who taught in them often under considerable difficulty, unpublished typescript, (618 pp. : ill., ports ; 32 cm), 1996. Details
Online Resources
- Parry, Naomi, 'Yarra Bay House', in The Dictionary of Sydney, The Dictionary of Sydney, 2015, https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/yarra_bay_house. Details
- Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf. Details
Photos
- Title
- Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 7 August 2007
- Creator
- Bar, J
- Source
- J Bar, Wikimedia Commons
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 'They'll All Enjoy Christmas Parties', The Australian Women's Weekly, 9 December 1933. Also available at http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/51188778;
Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 18 August 2013, Last modified: 28 July 2015