Gifts to other South Australian institutions, 1923-1932

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Series 27

Content Summary:

Correspondence concerning Symon's gift in 1927 of £1,500 to the Australian Inland Mission towards the establishment of the Eleanor Symon Nursing Home at Innamincka, the setting up of the Northcote Rest Home for Mothers and Babies in 1928, and with Scotch College, Adelaide, concerning Symon's gift of £1,000 to establish a scholarship in English literature (1930-1931).

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were received by the Library between 1966 and 1968 from Sir Josiah Symon's literary executor and daughter, Miss L. K. (Kilmeny) Symon. In December 1980 Sir Josiah's Commonwealth railway life pass was donated to the Library by the State Library of South Australia on behalf of a donor who was living in the house previously owned by Kilmeny Symon and had found the pass in a crack in the flooring.

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