Crecy Group Home was situated at Eastwood from around 1971 until around 1990. It was run by the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Sydney as a children's home.
Sources used to compile this entry: Hanson, Dallas, Why are they in children's homes: report of the ACOSS children's home intake survey, Australian Department of Social Services: Australian Council of Social Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1979, 83 pp; Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf; Email correspondence with the Find & Connect web resource, 6 October 2016.
Prepared by: Melissa Downing and Naomi Parry
Created: 3 March 2011, Last modified: 1 May 2018