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Yarra Bay House (1917 - 1923)

  • Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay

    Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay, 7 August 2007, by Bar, J, courtesy of J Bar, Wikimedia Commons.
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From
1917
To
1923
Categories
Children's Home, Disability Institution, Government-run and Home

Yarra Bay House was established at Phillip Bay, at La Perouse, as an institution for children defined as handicapped by the State Children's Relief Board in 1917. It was converted to La Perouse Training School for Girls in 1923.

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Location

1917 - 1923
Location - Yarra Bay House was situated at Yarra Point, Phillip Bay, La Perouse. Location: Phillip Bay

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  • Boyle, Brian, The Child Welfare Schools: Recollections of these unique schools and the men and women who taught in them often under considerable difficulty, unpublished typescript, (618 pp. : ill., ports ; 32 cm), 1996. Details

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Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay
Title
Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay
Type
Image
Date
7 August 2007
Creator
Bar, J
Source
J Bar, Wikimedia Commons

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Sources used to compile this entry: 'They'll All Enjoy Christmas Parties', The Australian Women's Weekly, 9 December 1933. Also available at http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/51188778; 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.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry