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Organisation Australian Jewish Welfare Society
Children in the Frances Barkman House, courtesy of Flickr.
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- Categories
- Care Provider and Jewish
- Alternative Names
- AJWS
- Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society
- Jewish Care (Victoria) Inc. (2001 - )
- Jewish Community Services
Summary
The Australian Jewish Welfare Society was established in the late 1930s, primarily as a support agency for Jewish pre- and post-war migrants. Some Jewish children fleeing the Nazis in Germany and Austria immigrated to Australia, some being cared for at Frances Barkman House in Balwyn, Victoria.
Details
The minute books of the AJWS from 1939 contain information about the running of Frances Barkman House and its residents and staff. Extracts from the minute books are published in the history by Rodney Benjamin.
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Publications
Books
- Benjamin, Rodney, 'A Serious Influx of Jews': a history of Jewish welfare in Victoria, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, 1998. Details
Online Resources
- 'Submission no 331', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
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Sources used to compile this entry: Benjamin, Rodney, 'A Serious Influx of Jews': a history of Jewish welfare in Victoria, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, 1998; Children in the Frances Barkman House [Image].
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 9 July 2009, Last modified: 7 December 2011
Last updated: 2 May 2013
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