History Group

The Greenethorpe History Group has been established to allow past and present members of the Greenethorpe Community to connect with it’s history. The group meets every second Tuesday of the month at the History room located at the back of the Greenethorpe Soldiers' Memorial Hall.
​Visitors are welcomed. Click the button below to view the group's Facebook page:
GREENETHORPE HISTORY GROUP​  has been researching the Iandra Methodist Rural Centre – 1956 to 1974.
The objective of the centre was to provide a home and mixed farm training for boys aged between fifteen and eighteen. The site used by the church was 800 acres and it was run as a dairy and poultry farm and supervised by a committee of Methodist locals.
In the first 5 years, over fifty young men lived at Iandra. The centre closed in 1974, residents were transferred to Sydney to the new Iandra Lodge in Burwood. This was also closed in the late 1970’s.
We have been contacted by old residents looking for information.

Can you please help?
1. Did your family billet or sponsor a resident in your home?
2. Did you or a family member work at Iandra during this period?
3. Can you help with the roles and / or full names of the people listed on the next page?
4. Residents’ names, shall be kept confidential unless otherwise requested.

​You can contact us:
a) Via Facebook Page: Greenethorpe History Group
b) Email: markbryant7@bigpond.com
c) Or Address: Greenethorpe History Group 188 Iandra Road Greenethorpe NSW 2809
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