Northcote Farm School
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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]