King Edward Home
Location
313 Darby Street, Newcastle NSW
Australia
Provider: NSW Government
Year Opened: 1935
Year Closed: 1975
King Edward Home was established at Newcastle by the Child Welfare Department around 1930. It was a home for 28 girls aged from babyhood to 18 years. Some of the girls went on to Lynwood Hall, and some entered foster care. King Edward Home closed after 1975.
For further information about this Home, please refer to: Connecting Kin: Guide to Records.
CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery
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Related Australian Orphanage Museum items:
Black and white photograph framed in black with glass front of King Edward Home Newcastle, 1920s
CLAN library books (where this Home is mentioned)
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