2024 McIntyre Lecture -Kew Historical Society Inc

FAILED AMBITIONS: A HISTORY OF KEW COTTAGES by Dr Lee-Ann Monk & Dr David Henderson

Opened in 1887, Kew Cottages was Australia’s first purpose built institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Contemporaries considered it a ‘distinct advance on anything yet done for the feebleminded children in Australia’. Five decades later the institution had become the subject of almost universal condemnation. In the words of Rohan Rivett, the cottages had become ‘a hillside of
sadness’, where residents eked out a bare existence in an institution which lacked even the most basic amenities.

The lecture by Lee-Ann Monk and David Henderson follows the release of their groundbreaking history of the Kew Cottages in 2023.

Wednesday 13 March,7.30 for 8.00pm
Just Theatre, Kew Court House
188 High Street, Kew VIC 3101

TICKETS
In person lecture, with refreshments $20.
Tickets at door, online at www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/events/ 
or by phone 9278 4770