• Organisation

Farm Home for Boys, Narara

Details

The Farm Home for Boys, Narara, was established by the Child Welfare Department near Gosford. It was an annexe of Gosford Training School. In 1934, boys at the Farm Home for Boys, Narara were transferred back to Gosford Training School.

The Farm Home for Boys, Narara, was located 16 kilometres from Gosford at Narara on the former Forestry Training School site, near the State Viticultural Nursery.

Boys were engaged in land clearing and vegetable cultivation for Gosford and Sydney children’s homes. Some worked timber for the Forestry Commission. In 1934 boys were transferred back to Gosford and Narara became a state ward institution.

  • From

    1927

  • To

    1934

Locations

  • 1927 - 1934

    Farm Home for Boys, Narara was situated at Narara, New South Wales (Building State unknown)

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