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Victoria - Organisation
Yarra View Training Farm (1957 - 1967?)
- From
- 1957
- To
- 1967?
- Categories
- Catholic, Children's Home, Disability Institution and Home
The Yarra View training farm, located in Lilydale, was established by the St John of God Brothers in 1957. It was usually staffed by about seven Brothers and accommodated up to 90 youths, aged over 16.
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Online Resources
- 'Yarra View Training Farm (1957-1967)', in Finding Records, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Victoria, https://www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/collectionresultspage/Yarra-View-Training-Farm. See the 'List of records held by the department' section for information about records relating to Yarra View Training Farm. Details
- 'Catholic religious Brothers abused the disabled', Broken Rites, https://web.archive.org/web/20080716213632/http://brokenrites.alphalink.com.au/nletter/page119-st-john-of-god.html. Details
- 'Submission no 130', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Ewing, Tania, 'Claims of sexual abuse by intellectually disabled', in The Age, 23 May 1998, https://web.archive.org/web/20150425170152/http://www.childrenshomes.com.au/childrens-homes-articles/1998/5/23/claims-of-sexual-abuse-by-intellectually-disabled/. Details
- James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to out-of-home care services 1940-2000 - Volume One: Agency Descriptions, Department of Human Services, Unpublished, November 2001, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/DHS.3004.011.0367.pdf. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Finding Your Story: a resource manual to the records of the Stolen Generations, Public Record Office Victoria, 2005. Also available at https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/koorie-services/finding-your-story;
'Catholic religious Brothers abused the disabled', Broken Rites, https://web.archive.org/web/20080716213632/http://brokenrites.alphalink.com.au/nletter/page119-st-john-of-god.html;
James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to out-of-home care services 1940-2000 - Volume One: Agency Descriptions, Department of Human Services, Unpublished, November 2001, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/DHS.3004.011.0367.pdf.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 11 November 2010, Last modified: 6 November 2018