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The Orphan Asylum, Randwick c1875

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The Orphan Asylum, Randwick c1875

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[DL PX 149, 36]

(Dixson Library)

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Children's institutions in nineteenth-century Sydney

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Benevolent asylums Charity and Philanthropy Orphanages

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Prince of Wales Hospital Society for the Relief of Destitute Children

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Randwick

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Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children

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Children's institutions in nineteenth-century Sydney

Concern about neglected and destitute children led to the formation of several different kinds of institutions to feed, house, train and sometimes care for them.

Benevolent asylums

Charity and Philanthropy

Orphanages

Society for the Relief of Destitute Children

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Society formed by members of the Benevolent Society to raise funds for and manage an asylum for destitute children who were not eligible for the orphan schools. It aimed to be self-sufficient when it moved to Randwick and the site included a farm where the boys learnt farming skills. The children received a basic education andmany of the boys and girls became apprenticed to the Institution when they reached 12.

Randwick

South-eastern, primarily residential suburb. Named after the home town of Simeon Pearce in Gloucestershire, England, it is the location of the Randwick Racecourse and Prince of Wales Hospital.

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Prince of Wales Hospital

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Large hospital complex in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children

Large sandstone asylum for 400 children built on 60 acres at High Cross Randwick by the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children. A new wing built in 1863 housed a further 400 children. During World War I it was used as a military hospital for wounded and disabled returned servicemen.

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