Northcote Farm School

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Entrance to the Lady Northcote Recreation Camp, 2011

The Northcote Farm School (NFS) (also known as the Lady Northcote Farm School) was a farm school built at Glenmore, near Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, in 1937. [1]

It was constructed for the education of child migrants, of whom it received 273 from 1937 to the 1970s; it was closed from 1944 to 1948 due to the decline in child migrants during World War II. [2] It was shut down in the late 1970s due to the redistribution of funds, [3] and now operates as a school camp. [4]

NFS is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, [5] as having "historical, architectural and social significance to the State of Victoria". [6]

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References

  1. "Northcote Farm School Child Migrants". Nigel Owen. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0005/108284/P18659.doc Heritage Victoria register
  3. "Northcote Farm School - Summary | Find & Connect".
  4. "Lady Northcote Recreation Camp". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. Heritage Council Victoria. Retrieved 24 April 2017. The property was transferred in 1978 to the Department of Sport and Recreation to be used as the Lady Northcote Recreation Camp.
  5. "Welcome to the Victorian Heritage Database: Explore heritage map (postcode: 3340, Show places in: Victorian Heritage Register)". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. Heritage Council Victoria. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. "Lady Northcote Recreation Camp". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. Heritage Council Victoria. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Coordinates: 37°42′58″S144°19′01″E / 37.716°S 144.317°E / -37.716; 144.317