Cootamundra Girls’ Home
Location
Cootamundra
NSW Australia
Provider
Date Opened
Date Closed
Location
39 Rinkin Street
Cootamundra NSW
Australia
Provider: Aborigines Welfare Board
Year Opened: 1911
Year Closed: 1969
Cootamundra Training Home was opened in an old hospital building by the Aborigines Protection Board in 1911. It housed only Aboriginal girls, and was designed to train girls for domestic service. In the last 2 years, it also housed non-Aborginal girls.
Other Names
Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Girls
Cootamundra Training Home
Cootamundra Girls’ Home
Cootamundra Home for Orphan and Neglected Children
For further information see:
Cootamundra Training Home (1911–1969),
Cootamundra, Bringing them Home
CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery
Cootamundra Girls’ Home, 2023. Photographer: Leonie Sheedy
Related Australian Orphanage Museum items:
CLAN library books (where this Home is mentioned)
There are currently no other Library Items available for CLAN members to view for this Home. If you have any Library Items and would like to donate them, please contact CLAN.