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Destitute Asylum [B 7462] • Photograph

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Summary

Southern Side of old Destitute Asylum in Kintore Avenue, Adelaide. The Old Destitute Asylum was founded in 1856. It housed 65 women, 30 men and 43 children. It provided government assistance to vulnerable immigrants who had no relatives in the colony. The photograph shows the southern side of the Asylum buildings with lean-to shelters erected against the buildings by the Kintore Avenue Parking Station. For view of buildings prior to the erection of lean-to shelters see B 796. The lean to shelters have many cars parked under them.

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Physical description

Photograph; 12.9 cm x 8.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1935

Photographer

Robjohns, W. A

Collections

Part of Adelaide Views Collection
Part of Destitute Asylum Collection

Subject

Destitute Asylum (Adelaide, S.A.)
Historic buildings -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

18/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,350 x 2,091 pixels (7.0 MP)

Size

7.03 MB

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