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New South Wales - Organisation
Junior Red Cross Society (1918 - 1980)
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There are kiddies from back of Bourke among this happy group of youngsters in the water at Ramsgate, where they are the guests of the Junior Red Cross, 1934, courtesy of .
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- From
- 1918
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- 1980?
- Categories
- Care Provider, Non Government Organisation, Non-denominational
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The Junior Red Cross Society was formally established in Australia in 1918, as part of the Australian Red Cross. It was a children's and youth division, which had regional committees. Various branches of the Junior Red Cross Society set up and ran Cudgelo Junior Red Cross Home (1923 - 1951), Juong Red Cross Home (1925 - 1945), Shuna Red Cross Home (1925 - 1950), Kippilaw (1945 - 1950), Glen Mervyn Junior Red Cross Home (1974 - 1980s), Eleanor MacKinnon Memorial Junior Red Cross Home (1938 - 1951), Wongala Junior Red Cross Home (1947 to about 1977), Eleanor MacKinnon Memorial Home (1951 to about 1980) and Berida Junior Red Cross Home (1951 - 1974).
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The Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser, 1951, reported that the Junior Red Cross Homes were maintained primarily for children of ex-servicemen, however other sick and needy children and new Australians between the ages of four and fourteen were cared for in the Homes. The average length of stay was six weeks.
It is unclear when the Junior Red Cross Society ceased to exist. Management of the records relating to Homes associated with the Junior Red Cross Society has passed to the parent body, the Australian Red Cross.
- Collection Title
- Records of Red Cross Children's Homes (1918? - 1990s)
- Date Range
- 1918 - 1999
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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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There are kiddies from back of Bourke among this happy group of youngsters in the water at Ramsgate, where they are the guests of the Junior Red Cross
