Northcote Farm School

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Agent TypeOrganisationIdentifierUMA-AG-000001421HistoryThe Northcote Farm School was established at Glenmore, near Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, in 1937. It was the only institution in Victoria to have been constructed specifically for child migrants. From 1937 to 1958, the Northcote Farm School received a total of 273 child migrants and from 1962 it accepted local children, including wards of the state. Northcote Farm School had accommodation for approximately 200 children. It was run by the Northcote Trust until the Social Welfare Department took over in 1976. It closed in 1979.

Records relating to Northcote Farm School held at The University of Melbourne Archives include: meeting agendas and minutes of The Northcote Children's Emigration Fund for Australia Trustees; Principal's Reports to the Trustees and other reports including school, farm, hospital and general; reports on individual children or siblings; correspondence including from U.K. Secretary of Northcote Trust, Vera Grenfell; correspondence from parents; financial statements, etc.
NB., These records likley include duplicated materials (such as the meeting minutes) contained within the Records of the Northcote Trust Fund held at State Library Victoria (SLV).

Dates

Date1937-1979

Names

Other NamesNorthcote School Children's HomeNorthcote SchoolLady Northcote Farm School (1937–76)Lady Northcote Recreation Camp

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Controlled by organisationNorthcote Trust

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