Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home (1923 - 1938)

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Boys mowing the lawn, c. 1920, courtesy of State Library of Victoria.
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From: 1923
To: 1938
Categories: Home, Farm School

The Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home was a farm training Home for boys at Wedderburn opened by The Try Society in 1923. It had previously been the privately run Clifden Children's Home. The home had capacity for approximately 25 boys. In 1929 the Clifden Home moved to St. Andrew's (also referred to as Diamond Creek), and the farm at Wedderburn was sold. In 1938 the Clifden Home at St Andrew's closed, and the remaining boys were transferred to the Melrose Training Farm for Boys at Melrose in the Berwick district.

1923 - 1929: Location - The Clifden Home was located near Wedderburn
1929 - 1938: Location - The Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home was located at St Andrew's North

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1891 - 1923: Clifden Children's Home
1923 - 1938: Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home
1938 - 1957: Melrose Training Farm for Boys

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Boys mowing the lawn

New Building - The Boys Farm. A Dormitory

Boys in the classroom

Sir R Talbot opening Boys Farm [Wedderburn] [picture]

Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home (1923 - 1938)

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