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Organisation St Elizabeth's Girls Home (1926 - 1977)

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    Arnott Holme (1885), courtesy of Macr from Wikimedia Commons.
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From
1926
To
1977
Categories
Anglican, Care Provider, Children's Home and Hostel

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[Taken from the New South Wales publication Connecting Kin: Guide to Records]

St Elizabeth's Girls Home, Mayfield first opened as a hostel in 1923 but was converted by the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle to a home for orphan and destitute girls in 1926. It was relocated to Singleton in 1942 and closed in 1977. It was run by the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name until 1937 and thereafter by the Church Army.

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1926 - 1942
St Elizabeth's Girls Home situated at Mayfield. Location: Mayfield
1942 - 1977
St Elizabeth's Girls Home situated at Singleton. Location: Singleton

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Arnott Holme (1885)
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Sources used to compile this entry: Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCSWR/_assets/main/documents/connectkin_guide.pdf.

Prepared by: Melissa Downing

Created: 3 March 2011, Last modified: 17 February 2012