Cicada Home
Location
Croydon
NSW Australia
Provider
Date Opened
Date Closed
Location
Queen Street
Croydon NSW
Australia
Provider: Government-Run
Year Opened: 1911
Year Closed: 1930
Cicada Home was opened by the State Children’s Relief Board in Croydon. It housed mothers, mostly young women and pregnant state wards, and their babies, as well as babies who were without their mothers. In 1919, 416 women and 456 babies passed through the home.
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