Location: Australia

Surnames/tags: ANZAC Australia Heritage_Tree
When the WWI veterans started streaming back to Melbourne in 1919, with broken bodies and hearts, the Government decided to find a place by the sea for them to recuperate. With the help of William Baillieu’s donation of 25,000 pounds, the Repatriation Department bought Kamesburgh on North Rd Brighton and named it Anzac Hostel. The largest ever donation of William Baillieu [of the famed family] would be worth around $2 million today.
Anzac Hostel has continued to provide care for disabled servicemen continuously since 1919 and it is still used for the Diggers. The 1874 built hostel designed by well known Lloyd Tayler is also architecturally significant with a formal garden.
- Nine minute movie of Anzac Hostel in Brighton, 5 July 1919 : AWM |
ANZAC HOSTEL. (1919, July 7). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved October 22, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27610336
- South Australia Matron Anne Donnell (1875 - 1956)
Glenelg
CONCERNING PEOPLE. (1920, January 23). Matron Tessa Dunn
The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) [1]
- Western Australia Matron Theresa Guy Dunn MiD (1879 - 1973)
Keane's Point
ANZAC DAY (1923, April 22). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) [2]
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