This Admission Book contains records of children who were admitted to St Joseph's Orphanage in Largs Bay (from 1969, also known as St Joseph's Children's Home). Names listed alphabetically. Following pages are divided into hand drawn columns over two pages. Left hand page: (1) Admission, (2) Child's name, (3) Mother, (4) Father. Right hand page: (5) Address, (6) Birth, (7) Place, (8) Source, (9) Discharge, (10) Destination. Entries are not numbered in contrast to earliest ledger. Quantity: 1 index book
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Sources used to compile this entry: George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005, http://nunku.org.au/resources/.
Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George
Created: 11 August 2011, Last modified: 5 June 2014