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New South Wales - Organisation
St Margaret's Home for Unwed Mothers (1894 - 1982)
- From
- 1894
- To
- 1982
- Categories
- Maternity Home, Home, Lying-in Home, Babies' Home, Catholic
St Margaret's Home for Unwed Mothers, Surry Hills, was attached to St Margaret's Hospital from 1894. It was a home for unmarried mothers who were waiting to give birth, and for their babies. It was part of St Margaret's Hospital, and was run by the Sisters of St Joseph from 1937. It closed around 1982.
Locations
- 1894 - 1982
- Location - St Margaret's Home for unwed mothers was situated in Bourke Street, Darlinghurst
- Collection Title
- St. Margaret's Hospital (Darlinghurst, N.S.W.) Records 1894-1998 (1894 - 1998)
- Date Range
- 1894 - 1998
- Reference
-
MLMSS 6711 / Boxes 1-5, 18-326; MLMSS 6711 / Boxes 6X-17X
[State Library of New South Wales - Manuscripts & Pictures Call Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Congregational Archivist, Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph:
Postal Address: PO Box 1508, North Sydney, NSW 2059
Phone: (02) 8912 4876
Email: enquiries@sosj.org.au
Website: https://www.sosj.org.au/contact-us/
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