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Acquisition number
1410
Catalogue number
embk0097
File name
BK0097
File location
Bookcase

The story of 'Berry Street' Child and Family Care 1877-1977. Berry Street was founded in 1877 in Fitzroy as 'The Victorian Infant Asylum'. It moved to Berry Street, East Melbourne in 1881 occupying the old Police Hospital that had been part of the mounted police barracks. Over the years it acquired neighbouring properties, including Tandarra in Vale Street. Gives lists of honorary medical staff and matrons. Photos and illustrations.

Item type
Book
Building name
Police Hospital, Tandarra
Number of pages
60
Author
Beryl Penwill
Date of publication or creation
2011 (reprint)
Publisher
Berry Street Child and Family Care
Publication place
Melbourne
ISBN
0 959 5639 0 3

History of item

First published 1979

Copyright owner
Berry Street Child and Family Care
Year acquired
2017
Donor
Berry Street

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