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Yarra Bay House Truant School (1939 - c. 1955)
Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay, 7 August 2007, by Bar, J, courtesy of J Bar, Wikimedia Commons.
Details
- From
- 1939
- To
- c. 1955
- Categories
- Children's Home, Government-run, Home and School
Yarra Bay House Truant School was established in 1939 in Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay. This building had been the La Perouse Training School for Girls. It was run by the Child Welfare Department as a truant school for boys. It was converted to a boys' home in the 1950s. In around 1955, Yarra Bay Boys' Home was established on the site.
Publications
Books
- McLean, Donald, Children In Need: An account of the administration and functions of the Child Welfare Department, New South Wales, Australia: with an examination of the principles involved in helping deprived and wayward children, Government Printer, Sydney, 1955, 173 pp. 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: 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: 10 December 2014