Historical information

An historical account of the beginnings of Legacy. The booklet describes the difficulties of taking an idea through to funding, raising awareness and attracting like minded people to the idea. The booklet is an extract, chapter three and a lead in from chapter two of the biography of Legatee Stan Savige, the founder of Melbourne Legacy.

Significance

Significant in that the booklet reminds the reader of the difficulties of establishing a charity and taking the idea from a thought, to funding and recruiting like minded people to develop the idea.

Physical description

Printed paperback book with blue cover and white pages and black type.

Inscriptions & markings

LEGACY. ITS ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT (176 pages)
An extract from THERE GOES A MAN. The biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Stavige, K.B.E., C.B, D.S.O., M.C.E.D.
(First published by Longmans, 1959)
Reprinted for Legacy's Diamond Jubilee, 1983