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Sydney Mail 24 May 1922 p23

The Stolen Girls

Five unnamed women who were working as domestic servants in Sydney under the auspices of the 'Aborigines Protection Department', Sydney Mail 24 May 1922, p23 via Trove Walking around Sydney’s wealthy suburbs it is easy to be seduced by beautiful heritage…

Sydney's governesses

Lydia Allen, governess c1876-1880. By Newman, Hubert. From the collection of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, a4157033 / P1/33 There's been some recent media coverage about the federal government reimbursing parents of their nanny fees and the…