Decommissioned special development school and residential service in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kew Cottages circa 1900. Photo by Nicholas Caire
Australian Asylums
Kew
Location:
Kew, Victoria
Status:
Redeveloped
Classification:
Idiot/Imbecile Asylum
Capacity:
Opened:
1887
Closed:
2008
Kew Cottages, Kew Children's Cottages and finally as Kew Residential Services is a decommissioned special development school and residential service located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
alternatively "KewCottages Training Centre". In April 1996, nine residents, all men and aged from 30 to 40, died in a fire. The two cottages, with a shared...
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entrance gates of Kew was chosen and in 1885 a contract was let for the erection of cottage units. The Kew Idiot Ward (KewCottages) was opened in May...
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ISBN 978-1860770234. OCLC 36045530. OL 8627654M. Cloake, John (2001). Cottages and Common Fields of Richmond and Kew. Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1860771958...
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Queensland. Main Drive Kew: A $400 million residential development on the former KewCottages site in the leafy Melbourne suburb of Kew. The project is a joint...
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crashes between Williamtown, NSW and Lord Howe Island. Fire Kew, Victoria 9 1996 Apr 8 KewCottages fire. Fire at a Melbourne home for disabled people kills...
some being shot by police after turning violent, increased funding to KewCottages, and advocated the outlawing of surrogacy. Her seat of Ringwood was abolished...
control centre so if anyone tried to enter security were alerted. KewCottagesKew Lunatic Asylum Lakeside Mental Hospital List of Australian psychiatric...
Games. List of Australian psychiatric institutions John Cade Kew Lunatic Asylum KewCottages Heritage Victoria. "Games Village" (PDF). Archived from the...
14 Fox, Charles (2003). "Debating Deinstitionalization: The Fire at KewCottages in 1996 and the Idea of Community". Health and History. 5 (2, Histories...
disabilities, and the first children were moved to the facility from KewCottages a month later. It was known by the unfortunate title of Janefield Colony...
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by aiding and abetting his suicide. The action was heard by Justice Lai Kew Chai, who ruled against Jeyaretnam and ordered him to pay damages of S$260...
also designed many small lodges and cottages, most famously a lodge in Regent's Park (demolished), and another at Kew Gardens (1866–7), both in London....
Walls Could Talk, exploring the history of British homes, from peasants' cottages to palaces; and the three-part series Elegance and Decadence: The Age of...
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