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New South Wales - Organisation
Brush Farm Infants' Home (1968 - 1988)
- From
- 1968
- To
- 1988
- Categories
- Government-run, Disability Institution, 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.
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On 8 November 1968 Brush Farm Infants' Home was opened by the Child Welfare Department. It was closed in 1988 when Brush Farm House was transferred to the Department of Corrective Services.
Locations
- 1968 - 1988
- Location - Brush Farm Infants' Home was situated at Brush Farm, Brush Road, Eastwood (Dundas)
- Collection Title
- Departmental Records relating to State Wards, New South Wales (1881 - 1983)
- Date Range
- 1881 - 1983
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services:
Address: Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services, Department of Communities and Justice, Locked Bag 5000, Parramatta NSW 2150
Phone: 1300 137 160 or (02) 9716 2500
Email: CareLeaverRecordsAccessUnit@facs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/out-of-home-care/about-out-of-home-care/were-you-in-out-of-home-care
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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]
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]