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The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (Incorporated) (1914 - 1964)

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1914
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1964
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The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home was incorporated in 1914 to run the Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home in East Melbourne as well as the Beaconsfield Babies' Home. The Beaconsfield Home closed in 1946, and in 1964 the East Melbourne Foundling Hospital became known as Berry Street Babies' Home and Hospital.

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The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (Incorporated) came into being under the Hospitals and Charities Act 1890. This new body was established to run the Foundling Hospital in East Melbourne, which had been operating since 1877. It also ran the Beaconsfield Babies' Home.

In 1914, the Victorian Government Gazette published a petition from 25 signatories for the Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home, in East Melbourne and Beaconsfield, to be incorporated.

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Online Resources

  • 'The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home - Petition for Incorporation', in Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997, State Library of Victoria, 2 December 1914, http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home - Petition for Incorporation', in Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997, State Library of Victoria, 2 December 1914, http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/.

Prepared by: Cate O'Neill