Babies Home Walkerville
The Minutes of the Management Committee of the Babies Home at Walkerville consist of three hardback notebooks of handwritten minutes dating from 1920-1940. The minutes cover many subjects including the admission and discharge of children. Names of children are often listed.
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The three notebooks of handwritten minutes include the following types of information:
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 Rachel Tropea
Created: 11 August 2011, Last modified: 9 December 2014