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Postal Address: PO Box 24, Nightcliff NT 0814
Phone: (08) 8924 7666
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
Quote this number to access your records: National Archives of Australia Reference Number, F1, 1955/253
These records are held by National Archives of Australia - Darwin office (1998 - current).
This digitised file contains correspondence between the Aboriginal Inland Mission (AIM) and various government departments relating to the running of the Retta Dixon Home in Darwin. Subjects covered in the correspondence include recreational activities at the Home, lists of children, staff lists, the accommodation of State Children, purchases, funding and information on the move of the Retta Dixon Home to new cottage style Homes at a new site.
‘Open with exception’.
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