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Servants' Training Institute
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Girls' Training Home for Domestic Service
Brochure, not dated but c.1910. The institute was founded in 1883 and effectively closed in 1939. The brochure is yellowed with age and moth or insect eaten. It is about 25cm wide by 20cm high. The middle page is actually 50cm wide but is folded in to the centre on both sides to...
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Sketches at the Servants' Training Institute
Wood engraving. The actual title is "Sketches at the Servants' Training Institute Richmond" although the location is actually 39 Berry Street, East Melbourne, as shown on the MMBW Plan of 1897. The sketches show the building itself, the matron and activities in the garden, kitche...