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The Darlington School 1939

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Deaf Places

The NSW Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind moved to the Darlington School on City Rd, Darlington, in 1872.

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Image courtesy of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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Image courtesy of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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