The McOwan Boys' Training Farm, run by the Presbyterian Church, was situated in Yarra Junction. The Farm was for boys between the ages of 14 and 18. The property was donated to the Church in 1948 by the late Francis McOwan. The farm had frontages to the Little Yarra River and the Powelltown Road. In 1953, the appointment of the farm's superintendent-manager, Mr L. McLean of Drouin, was announced in The Argus newspaper. The article also stated that the training farm was to be run on the 'cottage system'. In April 1956 it was reported in The Argus that the McOwan Rural Training Centre (as it was also known) was to be officially opened.
Boys were admitted to the Farm either by their families, by the children's court, or sent from other children's Homes. Boys are known to have been sent between the McOwan Boys' Training Farm and Tally Ho, Kilmany Park, and Lake Tyers Mission.
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16 November 2022
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