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New South Wales - Organisation
Glen Mervyn Junior Red Cross Home (1974 - 1980)
- From
- 1974
- To
- 1980s
- Categories
- Children's Home, Non Government Organisation, Non-denominational, Home, Convalescent Home
The Glen Mervyn Red Cross Home at Randwick was operated by the Australian Red Cross from 1974. It took in children whose families were experiencing a range of problems, or who were experiencing health problems. Glen Mervyn Junior Red Cross Home is thought to have closed in the 1980s.
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Like the Eleanor MacKinnon Home, Glen Mervyn Home specialised in receiving children whose families were in crisis, due to hospitalization, desertion, illness, death, confinements, financial or housing problems, or where children had health problems and needed to recover from malnutrition or illnesses.
Locations
- 1940? - 1980?
- Location - Glen Mervyn Junior Red Cross Home was situated on Coogee Bay Road, Randwick
- Series Title
- School Files (1876 - 1979)
- Date Range
- 1876 - 1979
- Reference
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NRS-3829
[State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Records of Red Cross Children's Homes (1918? - 1990s)
- Date Range
- 1918 - 1999
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Australian Red Cross Head of Legal:
Postal Address: GPO Box 9949, Melbourne VIC 3001
Phone: (03) 9345 1800
Email: privacy@redcross.org.au
Website: https://www.redcross.org.au/privacy/childrens-homes/
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