Adelaide - Day Nursery
An obituary of its founder, Mrs T.W. Corbin, is in the Register,
25 October 1906, page 6d,
Observer,
27 October 1906, page 38e.
The establishment of a Day Nursery for the children of the poor is reported
in the Express,
15 and 24 April 1887, pages 2e and 7c,
Register,
2 and 15 April 1887, pages 5d and 6c.
Advertiser,
22 August 1887, page 7f,
Register,
16 December 1887, page 5d,
12 July 1888, page 7e,
9 January 1889, page 5b,
Express,
2 March 1889, page 3e,
Advertiser,
25 April 1889, page 3e,
Register,
27 April 1889, page 7f,
27 June 1889, page 5b,
4 and 9 December 1889, pages 5e and 7h,
13 and 14 May 1890, pages 6h and 4h,
23 June 1890, page 5b,
23 September 1891, page 5b,
24 December 1891, page 6h:
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Some 70 or 80 infants and children are taken in weekly, nursed, fed, clothed
if necessary and taken proper care of during the time that their mothers
are at work...
An attempted murder at the nursery is reportedin the Register on
3 February 1891, page 5h. Also see
3 March 1891, page 4g,
15 August 1891, page 6h,
13 July 1892, page 7f,
10 December 1892, page 5d,
25 July 1893, page 7g,
18 December 1893, page 6c,
15 May 1894, page 7b,
25 July 1895, page 3g,
27 December 1895, page 6e,
15 February 1896, page 6d,
13 and 27 June 1896, pages 4g-6d and 7e,
8 and 10 August 1896, pages 6f and 5a-6a,
18 December 1896, pages 3f-5c,
13 August 1898, page 6e,
26 July 1899, page 10i,
1 October 1900, page 6h,
31 July 1903, page 2h.
Under the heading "The Charwoman and Her Children" the Advertiser of 18 June 1904, page 6g says, inter alia:
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Their homes are in many instances slum cottages, where all that is elevating
in life is foreign and strange. If the children are lifted out of these conditions
into the light and sunshine of life and tended by skilled hands the Creche
achieves an object which is worthy of the support of the community. A mother
leaves her child in the nursery from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the charge of 2d
[2 cents] per day, whereas it costs the management 1/- [10 cents] per day.
Also see Register,
20 August 1904, page 3g,
6 December 1904, page 4f,
18 August 1905, page 3g,
17 August 1906, page 9c,
17 August 1907, page 6h,
21 August 1908, page 7f,
Chronicle,
24 August 1907, page 28 (photo),
12 September 1908, page 31 (photo),
The Critic,
6 December 1911, page 22 (photo),
Register,
13 December 1907, page 3g,
19 July 1909, page 11c,
3 September 1909, page 9h,
5 and 15 August 1910, pages 4d and 5h,
8 December 1911, page 6e,
16 August 1918, page 4d,
12 December 1919, page 6h,
15 December 1922, page 12h,
17 August 1923, page 19d,
28 August 1926, page 10d.
"A Cradle Song" is in the Register,
22 August 1905, page 6b.
"Morning at the Creche" on
15 August 1910, page 5h; also see
The News,
8 December 1925, page 7e,
Advertiser,
18 July 1929, page 15b.
"Day Nurseries Needed" is in The News,
3 January 1929, page 9a.
Photographs of the creche are in the Observer,
31 August 1929, page 47.
"Invaluable Creche" is in the Register,
29 November 1927, page 4c,
The Mail,
22 September 1928, page 11d; also see
4 February 1933, page 17,
The News,
10 December 1936, page 6d (closure).
