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Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls

The Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls, commonly known as "Bimbadeen" and '''Cootamundra Girls' Home''', located at Cootamundra, New South Wales, was a home and training college for Aboriginal girls during the 20th century. It operated by the NSW Government's Aborigines Welfare Board from 1911 to 1968 to provide training to girls forcibly taken from their families under the ''Aborigines Protection Act 1909''. The only training received by the girls was to work as domestic servants, and they were not allowed any contact with their families. They were part of a cohort of Aboriginal people now known as the Stolen Generations.

The building that housed the Home was later taken over by the Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship as a Christian vocational, cultural and agricultural training centre called Bimbadeen College. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 17 February 2012.

In 2013 the Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation (CGAC) was created, which is now responsible for restoring the home. Provided by Wikipedia