Historical information

A photo of 3 boys waving from kayaks in the water. It came from an envelope with other camp photos.
It came from a Legacy envelope marked "P6 Junior Legatee Camps and Hols" in red pen, and dated Jan 1977 in pencil. The contents will be items 00418 to 00425.
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 and with an association with Lord Somers (Governor of Victoria) it was called Somers Camp. The camps gave the children an opportunity of a summer beach holiday with other Legacy children.

Significance

A record of Junior Legatee camps.

Physical description

Black and white photo of boys in kayaks.

Inscriptions & markings

Stamped "The Property of Melbourne Legacy" in purple ink. Stamped "Copyright The Age" in blue ink. "Jan 1972" in blue ink and 4347 in pencil.