Lynwood Hall
Location
Penrith
NSW Australia
Provider
Date Opened
Date Closed
Location
11-35 Byron Road
Guildford NSW
Australia
Provider: NSW Government
Year Opened: 1939
Year Closed: 1993
Also known as “Linnwood Hall” – note that all images in the CLAN website members section are indexed under that name.
Lynwood Hall was established in 1939 in ‘Linwood’, a house that had previously served as the Guildford School for Truants. Lynwood Hall was initially called the Guildford Domestic Science Training School and was known as Guildford Special Training School by 1966. It closed in 1993.
For further information about this Home, please refer to: Connecting Kin: Guide to Records.
CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery
There are currently no other images available for CLAN members to view for this Home. If you have any images and would like to donate them, please contact CLAN.
Related Australian Orphanage Museum items:
Christmas card hand drawn and written by Care Leaver Vyvienne to her mother from Lynwood Hall, 1960s
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CLAN library books (where this Home is mentioned)
N 212
Joy’s account of being a state ward, her childhood at Lynwood Hall and in foster care.