The Victorian School for Deaf Children was the new name given in 1949 to the former Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution. By the 1970s the School had 180 pupils of which 40 were in residence. As the School closed on weekends, any children not able to go to their family homes were placed at family group homes established by the School.
The Victorian School for Deaf Children was the new name given in 1949 to the former Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.
Although state wards had been placed at the school since the late 1940s, the School was not classified as a Category 2 Children’s Home until 1972. From the 1970s the school established Family Group Homes in Melbourne’s South-Eastern suburbs for children attending the school. It also ran a family group home in Gippsland.
In 1995, it became the Victorian College for the Deaf.
From
1949
To
1995
Alternative Names
Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution
Victorian College for the Deaf
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1949 - 1995
The Victorian School for Deaf Children was situated at the corner of St. Kilda Rd and High St, Prahran, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1970? - 1995?
Victorian School for the Deaf ran a family group home at 12 Stott Street, Box Hill South, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1979 - 1995?
Victorian School for the Deaf ran a family group home at 1 Highland Avenue, Clayton North, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1983 - 1995?
Victorian School for the Deaf ran a family group home at 94 Jasper Road, Bentleigh, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1983 - 1995?
Victorian School for the Deaf ran a family group home at 18 Holloway Street, Ormond, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1984 - 1995?
Victorian School for the Deaf ran a family group home at 69 Draper Street, Ormond, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1985 - 1995?
Victorian School for the Deaf ran a family group home at 24 Shrewsbury Street, Bentleigh East, Victoria (Building Demolished)
1987? - 1995?
Victorian School for the Deaf ran a family group home at 92 Omeo Highway, Lucknow, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1991 - 1995?
Victorian School for the Deaf ran a family group home at 98 Atkinson Street, Oakleigh, Victoria (Building Still standing)
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