The Cottage Home for Feeble-Minded Children, Parramatta, was established by the State Children’s Relief Board in 1907. It was intended to provide special treatment for children who were intellectually disabled or psychologically disturbed, but were not so unwell that they needed to be sent to a hospital for the insane. It offered schooling to the children following the Montessori method. It possibly closed around 1923.
The house occupied by the Cottage Home for Feeble-Minded Children was a gift from Mrs Jefferis, a member of the State Children’s Relief Board.
From
1907
To
1923?
Alternative Names
Jefferis Cottage Home for Feeble-Minded Children
1907 - 1923?
Cottage Home for Feeble-Minded Children was situated on Pennant Hills Road, Parramatta, New South Wales (Building Demolished)
