Administrative record - Text, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind annual report 1979-1980, 1979-1980

Administrative record (Series), Royal Victorian Insitute for the Blind Annual Reports, 1892

Historical information

Articles in annual report include: Interest free loans up to $3000 per person were available. In 1979-1980 360 blind people and their families benefitted under this scheme and this means that $250 000 of institute funds are kept in circulation. The aids and equipment shop, introduced Kurzweil reading machine - one of the foremost organisations in the world to provide such equipment to blind people. Some years ago Mrs Cecelia Tye left her property at Romsey, now 6 buildings are used as an educational camp and two will be used for self-contained accommodation. The new building will start and finish by end 1980 and the new holiday house at Barwon Heads was opened.

Physical description

1 volume of text and illustrations

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