80:(George had been taken to the college the previous day by the government health officer). The next day was Sunday and Julia Farr and Edith Bayley were expected at the 11 am service at the College chapel, but they could not find a cab and had to walk the two miles of what must have been rudimentary, and possibly muddy, tracks in their best clothes. The Farrs' accommodation was not yet habitable and they had to board with Mrs Baye, the college matron.
118:. A committee was formed in 1878 and a house on Fisher Street, Fullarton was purchased. Over the years, as demand increased, new buildings were added, and wings were appended to those. A section of the complex was demolished in 2011 and some retirement homes were built on that piece of land.
72:. Their first few weeks did not augur well for life in the new colony: the ship's Adelaide agent had gone broke and the captain had to borrow money from passengers before he could continue to Melbourne. The only transportation they could find at the port was an old cart that broke down in
56:, which he promptly accepted, hoping the drier climate of South Australia would improve her delicate health. George and Julia, their six-year-old daughter Eleanora and Julia's half-sister Edith Bayley sailed to South Australia aboard
99:, previously a German hospital, opened in October 1861. The girls were looked after, fed, clothed and educated to the age of 14, then most found employment as servants to middle-class households. The first secretary of the Home was
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Destitute Asylum, initially viewed with suspicion by the Government, then embraced six years later.
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189:(21 May 1886 â 23 July 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Gertrude Margaret Farr (1862â1956) studied art, exhibited at least once.
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