St Michael's Orphanage Part One; Interviewee Ray Aquilina, born 1939

Publication Resource Details

In
The Hills: Sydney's Garden Shire website
Author
Heimans, Frank
Publication Date
29 November 2007
Publisher
The Hills Shire Council
URL
http://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/Library/Library-e-Resources/Hills-Voices-Online/Community-Stories/St-Michaels-Orphanage-Ray-Aquilina
Description
The first part of Frank Heimans' interview with Ray Aquilina, who spent his childhood in St Michael's Orphanage, Baulkham Hills, and later joined the management committee. Heimans was placed with his brother when their father could not look after them. He describes the daily routine, and what it was like to live with so many boys.

This page contains photos of buildings from the 1930s and children who were at St Michael's in the 1940s.

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St Michael's Orphanage (1902 - c. 1960)

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