The Royal Institution for Deaf and Blind Children was the new name given to the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and the Blind in 1957, when Queen Elizabeth II conferred the title ‘Royal’ on the Darlington school and residential facility. The Institution moved to North Rocks in 1962 and the old building was acquired by Sydney University. In 1973 the organisation changed its name to the Royal Institution for Deaf and Blind Children.
By 1959 the directors of the Royal Institution for Deaf and Blind Children were aware that the Darlington premises were no longer suitable. It purchased land at North Rocks and commenced building a complex that was officially opened in 1963.
The Institution partnered with the Department of Education to provide services to deaf-blind children in 1965 and by 1967 a preschool had been established at the North Rocks site. The organisation changed its name to the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children in 1973.
From
1957
To
1973
1957 - 1962
Royal Institution for Deaf and Blind Children located at 98 Princes Highway, Darlington [H03 Institute Building, University of Sydney], New South Wales (Building Still standing)
1962 - 1973
Royal Institution for Deaf and Blind Children located at 361-365 North Rocks Road, North Rocks, New South Wales (Building Still standing)
