Bailey Cottage was named after L.O. Bailey, who was a natural health enthusiast who conducted the 'Hopewood Experiment', to raise 86 boys and girls in a controlled environment at Hopewood House. Bailey also founded the Youth Welfare Association, which took over the care of the Hopewood children after Bailey's death.
Bailey Cottage was given to the Heighway House Project and used to house some of the youngest of the Hopewood Children, who were nearing adulthood. The Heighway House Project was run by the Methodist Church. It was used by them to provide care to state wards and children needing intensive counselling.
In 1977 the Uniting Church was formed from congregations of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches. The Uniting Church took over the management of the Heighway House Project. Around 1979 the residential programmes of the Heighway House Project were closed down.
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