Nojee Boys' Camp 1933

Component identifier:

Series 34

Content Summary:

In 1933 Herbert Brookes and George Nicholas made a gift of 200 acres of country near Noojee to the Victorian Government for the establishment of a forest school settlement for unemployed youth. The series contains correspondence between Brookes, A.V. Galbraith and the Forest Commission, and others from 1933 until 1939, reports of the boys, typescript notes, two scrap books, and loose press cuttings which include an article in the Herald outlining the scheme.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Herbert Brookes were presented to the National Library in April 1967 by his widow Ivy Deakin Brookes. In October 1967 she deposited her own extensive collection, and together they form the Brookes Papers.

Names:

Brookes, Ivy

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