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Photographs of Perth, Western Australia Home | Locality A-Z | Notes Fairbridge An historic village around 8km north of Pinjarra pioneered and built by Kingsley Fairbridge. Named after the Founder. |
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Fairbridge - Exeter Cottage Fairbridge Village was build progressively from 1920 to present day. The village was established to house child immigrants from the U.K. (under various schemes until 1981) and these days Fairbridge continues its work assisting under-privileged youth through innovative training and education programs. This photo is Exeter cottage. It was originally constructed in 1921. It was destroyed by fire in 2004 but then faithfully re-built by youth trainees. Behind Exeter is Fairbridge W.A. Inc administration centre and coffee shop. 2005 |
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Fairbridge - Store On entering Fairbridge Village, you'll see Exeter (above) on the right, and the old Store on the left (pictured). The store was constructed in 1921 and extended in 1923. The store was built to provision the children's cottages and as a place to spend their pocket money! The store is in its original condition apart from the recent addition of the red phone box. 2008 |
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Fairbridge - Church Fairbridge Village's most iconic building is the Church of the Holy Innocents designed by Sir Herbert Baker and largely funded by Mr Thomas Wall, and on completion was dedicated by the Bishop of Bunbury in 1931. 2008 |
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Fairbridge - Clubhouse In the old days (under the emigration schemes), as children became young adults they left the care of Fairbridge often to work in farming or domestic situations. The Clubhouse building was completed in 1933 as a sanctuary for Old Fairbridgians who were on holidays, were sick or were between jobs. The building has recently under-gone extension renovations to restore it to its original design. 2009 |
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Fairbridge - Fairbridge House Fairbridge House was build under the direction of and by Kingsley Fairbridge himself. The building was completed in 1922 and is built of rammed earth. This building was the home of Fairbridge Principals succeeding Kingsley after his untimely death in 1924, right up until closure in 1981. 2006 |
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Fairbridge - Belfast Cottage After entering the village and passing Exeter, the store, the dining room and office, the first children's cottage seen is this one - Belfast. It is one of the five original cottages constructed in 1921. Apart from a few periods of being empty, all its life it has been a girl's cottage. 2005 |
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Fairbridge- Evelyn Cottage Another fine example of the Fairbridge architecture is Evelyn Cottage. It was constructed 1935 and named after Evelyn Saumarez, sister of Lord de Saumarez who financed the construction of other Fairbridge buildings - Saumarez Cottage, the Domestic Science Building, and this, Evelyn Cottage. 2009 |
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Fairbridge - Wolfe Cottage Wolfe cottage was constructed 1921. Another one of the five original cottages. This two-storey structure was always used as a girl's cottage (1921-1981). It generally housed around 14 girls between the ages of 5 and 16 years. 2009 |
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Fairbridge - School The Fairbridge primary school was built between 1922 & 1928. Seven classrooms were originally built. These days about 4 of the original classrooms survive. Fairbridge W.A. has recently added a few more rooms to cater for their education and training program. 2009 |
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Fairbridge - Newton Cottage This is a winter view of Newton Cottage - one of three small cottages - taken from the big verandah side of Hudson Cottage. The rain drops add a nice touch. 2009 |
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Fairbridge - Dairy The old Fairbridge dairy. In the old days they used to milk a fair herd of cows morning and afternoon and provide milk for the 200-odd residents of the farm-school. 2008 |
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Fairbridge - The Hills A lovely view of the foothills of the Darling Scarp taken from near Fairbridge Village. 2009 |
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