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There is a collection of material donated by Donna Jaggs held at the Australian Orphanage Museum and managed by the Care Leavers of Australasia Network (CLAN). It includes publications, scrapbooks and press clippings relating to the history of child welfare in Victoria.

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This page was written by Rosemary Francis, last updated 15 January 2025. Sources used to create this entry:

Catherine Helen Spence, State children in Australia: a history of boarding out and its developments, 1907 View Publication Details
Charity Organisation Society of Melbourne, A guide to charity and to the philanthropic work of Victoria, 1912 View Publication Details
JD McLean, The battered baby and the limits of the law, Monash University Law Review, 1978 View Publication Details
Nancy McDonald, Stories from a twentieth century life [Chapter 8 Pirra Children's Home], 2003 View Publication Details
S. Charlesworth, Getting the Acts together: an analysis of attempts to reform child protective legislation in Victoria 1978-83, 1983 View Publication Details

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Jaggs, Catherine, The Melbourne Child-Saving Movement, 1888-1910, 1985. View Publication Details

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Title: Scrap album

Type: Image
Date: 1908 - 1912

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Title: Anglican Mission to the Streets and Lanes. Outline History

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Date: 1885 - 1991

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Title: 'Neglected Children's Department, Victoria 1.07.04', bound volume of press clippings with index at front

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Date: 1904 - 1924

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