Julia Farr |
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| Title : | Julia Farr |
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| Source : | Kennion, Henrietta, PRG 885/1 p. 10 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1894 | ||
| Format : | Manuscript | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Julia Warren Farr came to South Australia in 1854 when her husband, the Rev. George Farr, was appointed to the position of headmaster of St Peter's College. The Farrs were untiring workers in support of the poor and the needy. As well as her work at her husband's school - running the boarding house and other tasks - Farr was the major instigator of the Anglican Orphan Home for girls in 1860, and was a member of the organising committee until her death in 1914. Years later this was re-named Farr House. In 1878, with Dr William Gosse, Farr founded the 'Home for Incurables' at Fullarton, now named the Julia Farr Centre. Farr was an indefatigable worker, serving on many social welfare related committees and organisations for long periods. A cameo portrait of Julia Farr appears in the top of this page from a volume of illuminated testimonials presented to Henrietta Kennion, wife of the Anglican Bishop of Adelaide in 1894. |
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| Related names : | Farr, George Henry, 1819-1904 Farr, Julia Warren, 1926-1914 Home for incurables (Adelaide, S. Aust.) Julia Farr Centre (Adelaide, S. Aust.) Orphan Home Adelaide Inc. |
| Coverage year : | 1894 |
| Place : | Adelaide (S. Aust.) |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Dickey, Brian. 'Farr, Julia Warren (1824-1914)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary volume, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2005, p. 124 Dickey, Brian. Giving a hand: a history of Anglicare SA since 1860, Adelaide: Anglicare SA, 2003 Home for Incurables Inc. Business records, 1878-1946, SRG 466 Kennion, Henrietta. Personal papers, 1894, PRG 885/1 Kerr, Colin. The Home for Incurables, the first 100 years, [Fullarton, S.A.]: Home for Incurables, 1979 Tregenza, John. Collegiate School of St. Peter Adelaide: the founding years, 1847-1878, St.Peters, S. Aust.: The School, 1996 |
| Internet links : | Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: Search for Julia Warren Farr |
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