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State Library of South Australia ( - )
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The State Library of South Australia is the largest public reference library in South Australia with a collection focus on South Australian information. The Library's archival collection includes manuscripts, photographs, oral history recordings and film. The Library has a collection of newspapers and general reference books and journals.
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Researchers can have access to documents and photographs held at the State Library on presenting their Readers Ticket. The ticket is available from the Somerville Reading Room. Records must be read in the Reading Room at the Library.
- Series Title
- Faith Thomas [Photographs] (1929 - 1957)
- Date Range
- 1929 - 1957
- Reference
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PRG 769
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of Aboriginal Missions in South Australia (1850s - 1970s)
- Date Range
- 1850 - 1970
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Admission Forms, Orphan Home/Farr House (1918 - 1938)
- Date Range
- 1918 - 1938
- Reference
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SRG 94/136/4
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Orphan Home Admissions (1898 - 1925)
- Date Range
- 1898 - 1925
- Reference
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SRG 94/136/5
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of the Mentally Retarded Children's Society of South Australia Inc. (1950 - 1982)
- Date Range
- 1950 - 1982
- Reference
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SRG 259
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Smith Family (c. 1838 - c. 1950)
- Date Range
- 1838 - 1950
- Reference
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PRG 144
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of Northcote Home (1928 - 1975)
- Date Range
- 1928 - 1975
- Reference
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SRG 154
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Lantern slides taken by Ruby Hyde (c. 1925 - c. 1930)
- Date Range
- 1925 - 1930
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Minutes of Management Committee, Farr House (1880 - 1966)
- Date Range
- 1880 - 1966
- Reference
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SRG 94/136/1
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- SA Places and Events [Motion Picture] (1936)
- Date Range
- 1936 - 1936
- Reference
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PRG 764/F-10
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Matron's Reports, Farr House (1914 - 1980)
- Date Range
- 1914 - 1980
- Reference
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SRG 94/136/3
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- United Aborigines Mission, records deposited with State Library of South Australia (c. 1908 - c. 1976)
- Date Range
- 1908 - 1976
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of the Babies Home, Walkerville (Adelaide, S.Aust) (1920 - 1948)
- Date Range
- 1920 - 1948
- Reference
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SRG 94/134
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Annual reports, St Mary's Mission of Hope (1906 - 1947)
- Date Range
- 1906 - 1947
- Reference
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SRG 94/119/1
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Miscellaneous Correspondence and General Papers, St Mary's Mission of Hope (1930 - 1952)
- Date Range
- 1930 - 1952
- Reference
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SRG 94/119
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Crippled Children's Association of SA Inc [Records] (1940? - 1970?)
- Date Range
- 1940 - 1970
- Reference
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SRG 337
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Goodwood Orphanage Oral History - associated material, Photographs and video (1866? - 1975?)
- Date Range
- 1866 - 1975
- Reference
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OH 201
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Goodwood Orphanage Oral History (1993 - 1994)
- Date Range
- 1993 - 1994
- Reference
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OH 201
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Papers and photographs of Sister Ruby Hyde
- Date Range
- -
- Reference
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PRG 1627
[State Library of South Australia reference number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- JD Somerville Oral History Collection (1904 - )
- Date Range
- 1904 -
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of the Spastic Centres of South Australia (1945 - 1994)
- Date Range
- 1945 - 1994
- Reference
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SRG 521
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Kate Cocks Babies' Home - Miscellaneous Records (1964 - 1979)
- Date Range
- 1964 - 1979
- Reference
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SRG 4/156
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of the Aborigines Advancement League (1938 - 2008)
- Date Range
- 1938 - 2008
- Reference
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SRG 250
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of the Legacy Club of Adelaide Inc. (1941? - 1979?)
- Date Range
- 1941 - 1979
- Reference
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SRG 445
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of the Women's Australian National Services (1941 - 1997)
- Date Range
- 1941 - 1997
- Reference
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SRG 514
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of the Babies' Hospital Association (1912 - 1951)
- Date Range
- 1912 - 1951
- Reference
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SRG 8
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of the Junior Red Cross Homes (1925 - 1984)
- Date Range
- 1925 - 1984
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- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Admission Register, Farr House (1934 - 1944)
- Date Range
- 1934 - 1944
- Reference
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SRG 94/136/4
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Records of Vaughan House (c. 1955 - 1997)
- Date Range
- 1955 - 1997
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- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Records of the Aborigines' Friends' Association (1925 - 1976)
- Date Range
- 1925 - 1976
- Reference
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SRG 139
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- The Orphan Home Inc. (Adelaide, S. Aust.) (1860 - 1981)
- Date Range
- 1860 - 1981
- Reference
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SRG 94/136
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Poonindie Mission [records] (1851 - 1890)
- Date Range
- 1851 - 1890
- Reference
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SRG 94/W83
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Annual Reports of the Aborigines Protection Board [Aboriginal Affairs Board] (1939 - 1969)
- Date Range
- 1939 - 1969
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- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Lady Victoria Buxton Girls Club (1944 - 1960)
- Date Range
- 1944 - 1960
- Reference
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SRG 94/156
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Lady Victoria Buxton Girls Club (1917 - 1944)
- Date Range
- 1917 - 1944
- Reference
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SRG 805
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Collection Title
- Hostel of the Holy Name Records (1947 - 1967)
- Date Range
- 1947 - 1967
- Reference
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SRG 94/155
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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- Series Title
- Annual reports of the Orphan Home, Farr House (1899 - 1979)
- Date Range
- 1899 - 1979
- Reference
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SRG 94/136/10
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Records of Oodnadatta Children's Home, State Library of South Australia (1924 - 1964)
- Date Range
- 1924 - 1964
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
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