Photograph album of The Boys' Farm Home, Camden, New South Wales / by Edith Brodie

PXB 1775

fonds

1924-1935

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9664750

1 album (35 photographic prints) - gelatin silver, black and white - 14 x 9 cm or smaller

The Boys' Farm Home was gifted by Mr. William Henry Paling to the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children. The home opened on 1 February 1890 and accommodated 12 boys. Paling donated 100 pounds for the first five years for the maintenance and education of the boys. Ms. Edith Brodie was employed as Matron by the New South Wales Department of Public Instruction, State Children Relief Branch on 1 January 1915.

References:
Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer. 1890, 5 February. "Boys' Farm Home, Camden". Accessed 1 March 2023. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118281044
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1915, 12 May. "Government Gazette Appointments and Employment". Accessed 1 March 2023. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228094121

Peter Moore, an antiquarian bookseller purchased the album at auction

One photographic album consisting of 20 black and white captioned photographs of the 'Boys' Farm Home', Camden, New South Wales. Photographs include group portraits of the boys and views of the house and surrounds.
Fifteen loose photographic prints of excursions to Terrigal and Blue Mountains, the fallen soldier memorial in Camden, and the boys at Nepean Wier, New South Wales

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Title devised by cataloguer

Inscription in ink on the inside of cover: "Loving wishes for your birthday from Auntie Edith, 1929. Camden, N.S.W. Australia"

Dates sourced from captions