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New South Wales - Glossary Term
Benevolent Asylum
157. Benevolent Asylum SH 566, c. 1877, by Charles Percy Pickering, 1825-1908, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales.
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Benevolent asylums were private institutions set up in the nineteenth century to house 'destitute' men, women and children, expectant mothers (lying-in) as well as 'deserted wives', 'waifs', 'neglected children' and 'orphans'. In New South Wales benevolent asylums were funded by the government.
Publications
Books
- Rathbone, Ron, A Very Present Help: Caring for Australians Since 1813, State Library of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 1994, 237 pp. Details
Resources
- Benevolent Society: 200 year celebration: Last 200, Benevolent Society, 2013. Details
Online Resources
- 'Infirm / Destitute Asylums Guide', in Museums of History NSW website, Museums of History NSW, https://mhnsw.au/guides/infirm-destitute-asylums-guide/. Details
- Bluett, Ros, 'Charity and Justice: The early days of the Benevolent Society in Sydney', ABC Radio National Hindsight, 24 March 2013, http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/the-benevolent/4552918. Details
- Crawford, John, 'Children of the Perishing Class', in History of the Children's Court, Lawlink, Lawlink NSW, 2009, http://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Children%20of%20the%20perishing%20class.pdf. Details
- Crawford, John, 'Establishment of the Children's Court', in History of the Children's Court, Lawlink, Lawlink NSW, 2012, http://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Establishment%20of%20the%20Children%27s%20Court%20-%20Then%20and%20100%20years%20on.pdf. Details
- O'Brien, Anne, Poverty's Prison: the poor in New South Wales 1880-1918, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1988, 256 pp. Details
Photos
- Title
- Liverpool Asylum
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1850s
- Publisher
- Benevolent Society
Details
- Title
- 157. Benevolent Asylum SH 566
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1877
- Creator
- Charles Percy Pickering, 1825-1908
- Source
- State Library of New South Wales
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- Title
- Benevolent Asylum
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1901
- Publisher
- Benevolent Society
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- Title
- Thomas Street Asylum
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1904?
- Publisher
- Benevolent Society
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Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 26 October 2011, Last modified: 19 August 2013