- Kew Cottages
Kew Cottages aka Kew Idiot Asylum, Kew Idiot Ward or Kew Children's Cottages are a decommissioned special development school and residential service located in Kew, a town of
Victoria, Australia .The Children's Cottages at Kew were first opened in 1887. Located on the grounds of the Kew Lunatic Asylum the children's cottages were established to provide separate accommodation for child inmates of
Kew Asylum who had previously been accommodated with adult patients. Although the Cottages only admitted children as patients, many of those children remained in residence at the Cottages as adults.The function of the institution was to provide accommodation and educational instruction for mentally retarded children. Some Wards of the State and other various "difficult" children were also admitted.
The institution was first established as a ward of the
Kew Asylum and termed the "Idiot Ward".The Cottages at Kew were known as the Kew Idiot Asylum from 1887 until c.1929. From 1929 they have been known as the "Children's Cottages, Kew" or alternatively "Kew Cottages Training Centre". [Public Records Office of Victoria [http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewAgency&entityId=2852# "Agency VA 2852"] Accessed 19/9/08.]
Kew Cottages were finally closed in 2008. The grounds are currently being redeveloped
ee also
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List of Australian mental asylums
*Kew Asylum References
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