St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay
Most correspondence relates to the land and buildings, maintenance and repairs, staff, fundraising and legacies left to the home. One document dated 1930s-1940s concerns Child Endowment and provides a handwritten list of names of children, noting whether or not a subsidy is claimed for them. Folders contain a small number of letters requesting admission or related to the cases of individual children. Quantity: 3 folders
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Sources used to compile this entry: George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005, http://nunku.org.au/resources/.
Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George
Created: 11 August 2011, Last modified: 12 June 2014
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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