Melrose Training Farm for Boys
Melrose Training Farm
Harkaway, near Berwick
VIC
Australia
Provider: Try Society
Year Opened: 1938
Year Closed: 1957
The Melrose Training Farm for Boys was established by the Try Society in 1938 at Harkaway, year Berwick. The farm housed around 30 boys aged between 8 – 14. When it closed in August 1957, the boys were mostly transferred to other Homes including Tally Ho, Burwood Boys Home and Box Hill Boys Home.
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Happy Young Migrants in Children’s Home
CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery
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