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Institution Kew Children's Cottages (1929 - 1961)

From
1929
Princess St and Yarra Boulevard, Kew, Victoria, Australia
To
1961
Population
Children with intellectual disability and People with intellectual disability

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Numbers of Patients:

1945:
361 male and female patients
1953:
414 male and female patients

1955:
501 male and female patients

Timeline

 1887 - 1929 Kew Idiot Asylum
       1929 - 1961 Kew Children's Cottages
             1962 - Kew Training Centre
                    - 2008 Kew Residential Services

Government Publications

Reports

  • Stoller, Allan, Report on Mental Health Facilites and Needs of Australia, K. W. Arscott, A.J. Arthur Government Printing Office, Canberra, 1955. pp. 65-6; 176. Details