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    Adelaide - Destitution

    Children

    "Pauper Children" is in the Register on
    20 March 1866, page 2e,
    "Juvenile Destitution" on
    22 February 1875, page 4g.
    Neglected and destitute children are the subject of an editorial in the Advertiser,
    25 January 1876, page 4d.

    Juvenile beggars are discussed in the Register,
    18 October 1883, page 7f.
    This report makes mention of Guy Fawkes' Day; also see
    Register,
    14 August 1875, page 4e,
    3 and 4 February 1879, pages 4c-5g and 6f.
    6 November 1888, page 5b.

    "Remember the Poor Children" is in the Register,
    13, 17 and 24 December 1889, pages 5a-h, 5b-6b and 6c,
    "Christmas Cheer for Poor Children" in the Advertiser,
    1 January 1890, page 5f,
    Observer,
    27 December 1890, page 31c,
    Register,
    24 December 1890, pages 4g-6a,
    14 January 1891, page 5b,
    24 December 1891, page 6b,
    Chronicle,
    26 December 1891, page 21f.

    Plans for a Christmas entertainment for poor children are reported in the Register,
    29 November 1890, pages 5a-6a,
    2, 6, 9, 13, 20 and 24 December 1890, pages 6a, 5d, 5b-c, 5c, 5a and 4g-6a; also see
    14 January 1891, page 5b,
    26 December 1895, page 6c and
    Advertiser,
    24 and 26 December 1894, pages 6c and 6f.

    "Child Beggars" is in the Register,
    25 August 1903, page 7f.

    A picnic for poor children is reported in the Observer,
    25 February 1905, page 42a and
    Register, 20 February 1905, page 6c.
    a photograph of an afternoon tea party for poor children in the Chronicle,
    31 December 1904, page 26.

    "Maintenance of Destitute Children" is in the Register,
    25 February 1891, page 4f.

    "Babies of the Poor - Assistance for Mothers" is in The Mail,
    12 May 1923, page 17d,
    "Hungry Children - Poverty in West End" on
    2 February 1924, page 16f.

    "Soup Kitchen for the Children" is in the Observer,
    4 August 1928, page 19.

    "Day Nurseries Needed" is in The News,
    3 January 1929, page 9a.
    Also see Day Nursery.

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