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Organisation Kahlin Compound (1913 - 1939)

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    Kahlin Compound 01, May 1930, courtesy of John Oxley Library Collectiion, Northern Territory Library.
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From
1913
Darwin, Northern Territory
To
1939
Categories
Care Provider, Government-run and Half-caste Home

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Please note that this page reproduces the original language used in the historical sources drawn upon to compile this entry. This language includes offensive and derogatory terms which are today considered unacceptable. We apologise for any offence caused by such language.

The Kahlin Compound was a government run institution established in Darwin in 1913. When the compound became over crowded in the 1920s, the children were sent to the newly opened home at Myilly Point. When the Kahlin Compound closed in 1939, the children were transferred to the Retta Dixon Home at Bagot Reserve.

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1913
Kahlin Compound situated at Darwin. Location: Darwin

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Title
Kahlin Compound 01
Type
Image
Date
May 1930
Place
Darwin
Control
Photo No: PH0171/0060
Source
John Oxley Library Collectiion, Northern Territory Library

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Sources used to compile this entry: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, Commonwealth of Australia, 1997, http://www.humanrights.gov.au/pdf/social_justice/bringing_them_home_report.pdf.

Prepared by: Anna Trengove

Created: 8 February 2011, Last modified: 25 June 2012