Berry Boys’ Training Farm
Berry Boys Training Farm
Berry
NSW
Australia
Provider: NSW Government
Year Opened:1934
Year Closed:1977
Berry Training Farm was opened in 1934 by the Department of Child Welfare. It was a farm training school. When it was started it received boys aged between 14 and 18. In the 1950s it housed children who were State Wards and defined as ‘intellectually disabled’.
Related Resources
Barry Meekings, Submission [PDF document], Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, 2003–2005. Parliament of Australia
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