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Author
Konstantinidis, Janice
Title
Life in "The Mag"
In
Inside: life in children's homes
Editor
National Museum of Australia
Description of Work
Janice Konstantinidis shares a current photograph, as well as her detailed history of her time from the age of 12 working in the laundry of Mount Saint Canice, Tasmania, one of the Magdalena laundries, nicknamed "The Mag". Janice also includes recollections of the lengths some girls would go to in order to escape.
Imprint
Australian Government, 28 February 2011
Url
http://nma.gov.au/blogs/inside/2011/02/28/life-in-the-mag/
Source
TP0000088

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