St Matthews Farm Reserve, Cromer

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Record number62257Date1990sDescriptionReverend A.R.Ebbs, the rector at St. Matthews Church in Manly, established St Matthews Farm on 2.8ha on South Creek Road in 1932. The aim of the farm was to train unemployed boys for agricultural work for several months then find positions for them on farms around New South Wales. The farm comprised living quarters, vegetable gardens, a poultry run and a small piggery.By the time the farm wound up in September 1940 more than 800 young men had been trained there.This is now the site of St Matthews Farm Reserve.MenuCommunity | Recreation and Sport | Parks and reservesSourceChildsSubjectsParks and reservesPhysical descriptionPhotograph; Digital Image 72 DPICopyrightThis item may be used freely for research and study purposes, for all other uses contact Northern Beaches Council Library Local Studies. Please acknowledge that the item is courtesy of Northern Beaches Council Library Local Studies.

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