Some records for the Margaret Watt Home are held at the Whanganui Regional Museum in Whanganui. Contact details can be found here: https://wrm.org.nz/contact/ Based on information from the Presbyterian Research Centre, the Whanganui Regional Museum does not appear to hold individual children's records
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Gender and age:Mixed, 1965: 5-16, c. 1969-79: 6-15, 1979, 84, 86: School age Capacity: 1965: 24 children; c. 1969-86: 20 beds; 1986 average occupancy: 15. Controlling organisation: Margaret Watt Orphan's Home Trust Board (Presbyterian) Third-party provider to State, faith-based Operational period: Opened 5/12/1931, Registered 3/3/1932, Unclear closure date - appears to have closed some time around 2003. From Presbyterian Research Centre: The Margaret Watt Home Trust was established in 1912, primarily by William Watt, in memory of his daughter Margaret who was drowned in the sinking of SS Avalanche in Portsmouth, Great Britain, in 1905. The Home itself was built in 1935. Various titles have been used for the Home including title above, Margaret Watt Children's Home and Margaret Watt Home. From Whanganui District Council on what happened to the land/building following the closure of the Home: By June 2009, the property had been transformed into two new subdivisions by Wanganui developer, Lance Attrill – who, in turn, had also transformed the former orphanage building into his home. Part of the former farm had become the Belmont Estate, with fourteen one-hectare residential sections. The remainder comprised nineteen industrial Lots named the Westbourne industrial estate, while a former $12 million timber-processing mill on the site had been given a face-lift and a considerable amount of scrap and machinery associated with it had been disposed of. Margaret Watt Children's Trust Inc still operates "to assist New Zealanders aged 6-20 years in their training for life".
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