Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

SDN Children's Services

Association formed in 1905 to provide preschool services for working class mothers and which established the first training centre for nursery school teachers in 1931 at Woolloomooloo Nursery. In 1999 the name was changed from the Sydney Day Nursery and Nursery Schools Association to SDN Children's Services

Milestone
Formed
1905
Name
Alternate
Sydney Day Nursery Children's Services
Alternate
Sydney Day Nursery Association
1905 - 1937
Alternate
Sydney Day Nursery and Nursery Schools Association
1905 - 1999
Position
1905
1905
Property
Comprises
Type

Sydney Day Nursery Association

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The Sydney Day Nursery Association was established in Woolloomooloo in 1905 as a child care service for infant children of working class mothers. It extended its services to preschool-aged children in 1937, when it changed its name to the Sydney Day Nursery and Nursery Schools Association. In 1999 it became SDN Children's Services.