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Infants' Custody, Maintenance & Protection Acts (N.S.W.) : being Deserted Wives & Children Act 1901, Infant Protection Act 1904, Infants' Custody & Settlements Act 1899, Infant Convicts Adoption Act 1901, Destitute Children's Society Act 1901, State Children Relief Act 1901, Children's Protection Act 1902 and Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders' Act 1905, and regulations thereunder / by C.E. Weigall with appendix of departmental forms by H.S. Hawkins

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