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New South Wales - Organisation
Brush Farm Infants' Home (1968 - 1988)
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The high staff-inmate ratio at Brush Farm Infants Home enables close attention to be given to the developmental needs of each child [original caption], c. 1970, courtesy of New South Wales government.
Details
- From
- 1968
- To
- 1988
- Categories
- Disability Institution, Government-run and Home
Brush Farm Infants' Home was opened by the Child Welfare Department in 1968. It was at Brush Farm at Eastwood in the Dundas Valley, next to Brush Farm Home. It accommodated 40 infants of both sexes and sometimes older children as well. Brush Farm Infants' Home closed in 1988.
Publications
Reports
Online Resources
Photos
- Title
- Posture chairs and sandbags help the physical development of handicapped babies - a scene in one of the sunny courtyards featured in the design of Brush Farm Infants Home [original caption]
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1970
- Publisher
- New South Wales government
Details
- Title
- The high staff-inmate ratio at Brush Farm Infants Home enables close attention to be given to the developmental needs of each child [original caption]
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1970
- Publisher
- New South Wales government
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Child Welfare Department, Annual Report: Child Welfare Department of New South Wales, New South Wales government, 1923-1970. Also available at https://www.opengov.nsw.gov.au/main.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 10 April 2012, Last modified: 21 July 2015