The Jefferis Cottage Home for Feeble-Minded Children, Pennant Hills Road, Parramatta [IV], 1908, courtesy of W.A. Gullick, Government Printer.
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The Cottage Home for Feeble-Minded Children, Parramatta, was established by the State Children's Relief Board in 1907. It was intended to provide special treatment for children who were intellectually disabled or psychologically disturbed, but were not so unwell that they needed to be sent to a hospital for the insane. It possibly closed around 1923.
The house occupied by the Cottage Home for Feeble-Minded Children was a gift from Mrs Jefferis, a member of the State Children's Relief Board.
Sources used to compile this entry: Report of the State Children's Relief Board, W.A. Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1894-1920. Also available at https://www.opengov.nsw.gov.au/main.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 21 June 2012, Last modified: 15 May 2017