Thorington

Thorington

16 Cottage Grove

Corrimal

NSW

Australia

Provider: Baptist Trust’s AS White Homes for Children

Year Opened: 1973

Year Closed: 1981

 

Thorington was opened on the 26th May 1973 by Mr W C Langshaw who was the Under Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Child Welfare and Social Services. The Home was situated at Corrimal, near Wollongong.  It was the first of the Baptist Trust’s AS White Homes for Children.

Thorington closed as a children’s home in December 1981.

For further information about this Home, please refer to:  Connecting Kin.

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