Historical information
Referring to the legal history and transfer of land for the Junior Legacy Club Balnarring camp from Legatee Savige.
Melbourne Legacy provided camps for junior legatees - the children of deceased servicemen. It started with outings to the property of Legacy founder, Legatee Stan Savige, who had a place in Balnarring. Permanent camp buildings were built in 1930. Lord Somers (Governor of Victoria) also ran a camp in the area and the area became known as Somers. These documents record the transfer of the land to Legacy.
The camps gave the children an opportunity of a summer beach holiday with other Legacy children.
Significance
An important record of the history of the land owned by Stan Savige that was used for Legacy Camp, it adds to the other material available about Legacy Camp at Somers.
Physical description
White foolscap paper with black typed x 5 pages. Single sided. Black type with red corrections and some grey lead remarks. Addressed to ‘The chairman,/ Junior Legacy Club,/ 55 Market Street,/ Melbourne. C.1. From ‘Yrs Faithfully/ sgd/ J.H. Armstrong and W. A. Tregent. See also collection item 00253.