Kincumber South remembered : a social history of the community and the Boys' Home / Marie Riley
- Bib ID:
- 4980452
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Riley, Marie
- Description:
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- Macmasters Beach, N.S.W. : Marie Riley, 2010
- 213 p. : ill., facsims, maps, ports. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780646540207
- 0646540203
- Full contents:
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- Forward
- Introduction
- European visitors and the early settlers
- Kincumber South pioneers
- Building a religious community
- The first priests
- The role of the Church and the State in education
- Institutional care for children in NSW
- Educating the pioneers' children
- Blessed Mary MacKillop
- St Joseph's Boys Home, Kincumber South
- The 1980s
- A boy's story
- New challenges
- Working together
- Ensuring a financial future
- The years before the Great War
- James Mahoney
- The Schultz brothers
- The Great War
- Life at the Home during the War and a new building
- The 1920s: coping with expansion and allegations
- A new business
- The Picketts
- Homes for the workers
- A family's long connection, 1921-1950
- The Beatties
- The Nun's Chapel
- Continuing the community support
- A faithful old boy comes home to help
- A great day at Kincumber
- Depression Boys
- Two well known old boys and an amazing career
- The 1940s
- The Harmeys and the Sharps
- 1942: Centenary Year for Holy Cross
- 1940 boys
- Father Croke 1905-1987
- The Old Boys' union
- The Lange brothers
- The 1950s
- Shamus and Kerry
- The end of an era
- The Humphreys connection continues
- Changing times
- Music Maestro please
- The final years
- Contributors
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.
- Subject:
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- Beatty family
- Croke, Patrick, 1905-1987
- Goodchild, Cliff
- Humphrey family
- Mahoney family
- Pickett family
- Stanley family
- St. Joseph's Home for Boys (Kincumber South, N.S.W.)
- Orphanages -- New South Wales -- Kincumber South -- History
- Kincumber South (N.S.W.) -- History
- Kincumber South (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2010
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