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Foster care in South Australia

Foster care in South Australia AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE C. E. M. HARRIS 1 TWO people stand out among those who dren placed with these parents. However, it was not until i866 that Miss Clark 'formed pioneered 'Boarding-out' in this state. Ca- the first Boarding-out Society in Australia and roline Emily Clark initiated the movement, personally arranged for destitute children to and, as Secretary of the Boarding-out Society, be boarded out'. 4 laboured for its spread and development The origins of Miss Clark's ideas were ex- throughout Australia, for 'It was in the central pressed later in a letter to the Register in April, State, known as South Australia, that the Gov- i88i. She wrote: 'In i838 the founder of the ernment first adopted the system of boarding- Dublin Orphan Institution, not having sufficient out in family homes the children committed to funds to erect a large building, adopted the its care; but the evident advantages of its plan expedient of placing out orphans under the made it imitated by other states'. 1 Catherine care of respectable people, and paying their Helen Spence was another member of the board and lodging. The children attended the original society who later became a member of ordinary schools, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

Foster care in South Australia

Harris, C.E.M.
Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 16 (2): 2 – May 1, 1963
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Foster care in South Australia

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AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE C. E. M. HARRIS 1 TWO people stand out among those who dren placed with these parents. However, it was not until i866 that Miss Clark 'formed pioneered 'Boarding-out' in this state. Ca- the first Boarding-out Society in Australia and roline Emily Clark initiated the movement, personally arranged for destitute children to and, as Secretary of the Boarding-out Society, be boarded out'. 4 laboured for its spread and development The origins of Miss...
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Abstract

AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE C. E. M. HARRIS 1 TWO people stand out among those who dren placed with these parents. However, it was not until i866 that Miss Clark 'formed pioneered 'Boarding-out' in this state. Ca- the first Boarding-out Society in Australia and roline Emily Clark initiated the movement, personally arranged for destitute children to and, as Secretary of the Boarding-out Society, be boarded out'. 4 laboured for its spread and development The origins of Miss Clark's ideas were ex- throughout Australia, for 'It was in the central pressed later in a letter to the Register in April, State, known as South Australia, that the Gov- i88i. She wrote: 'In i838 the founder of the ernment first adopted the system of boarding- Dublin Orphan Institution, not having sufficient out in family homes the children committed to funds to erect a large building, adopted the its care; but the evident advantages of its plan expedient of placing out orphans under the made it imitated by other states'. 1 Catherine care of respectable people, and paying their Helen Spence was another member of the board and lodging. The children attended the original society who later became a member of ordinary schools,

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: May 1, 1963

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