Document - Memoir, Life and Times of a Melbourne Legacy Junior Legatee (Arthur Woodley). A Legacy Family Story, 1990

Historical information

First hand account by Arthur Woodley of his time with Melbourne Legacy as a Junior Legatee and its influence on his life. He was a boy that stayed at the children's home, Holmbush in the 1940s. It has a foreword written by Legatee F H Wood who was involved with the residences committee.
The introduction says the purpose of the following story, written in plain simple terms, is to put on record for Legacy, the life, times, achievements, and experiences of just one grateful Junior Legatee.

Significance

An authentic description of what it was like to be a Junior Legatee in a Melbourne Legacy residence, exemplifying the work of Melbourne Legacy in the 1940s.

Physical description

White A4 with black type x 26 pages and an A5 handwritten memo on Melbourne Legacy letterhead.

Inscriptions & markings

JL 13, Box 10, Arthur Woodley Author, Nov 1990

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