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Gender and age: Mixed. Girls of all ages; Boys between 2 and 5
Controlling organisation: Anglican Diocese of Christchurch
Operational period: Opened c1918, registered 25/7/1930, closed 1950.
Other information found The home catered for girls of all ages, and for boys aged between 2 and 5. Boys under 2 were catered for at the Babies’ Home, Sumner. After 5, they went to the Timaru Boys’ Home.
Potentially open as St Saviour's since c1910. An earlier version of the Home/an earlier institution on the same site was St St Mary's Home, a rescue Home for women and girls until 1909.
31 September 2020 Affidavit of Anita Ngaire Easton for Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children to the Abuse in Care Inquiry
Christchurch Libraries Webpage on Family History - Hospitals, Orphanages and Charitable Aid [retrieved on 16 February 2024] https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/family-history/Hospitals-orphanages-charities/
Roper, Myrtle L. (1943). The history of the social services of the Anglican church in Canterbury [Master's thesis, University of Canterbury]. https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/items/c53a3931-01c1-4af9-9bf0-ac48e4015e8d
Information provided by the Anglican Church to the Crown Response Unit on 11 July 2024
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