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Administrative record - Text, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind annual report 1968-1969, 1968-1969

  • Young boy reaches reaches towards a candle set in front of him

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  • List of Main Office Bearers, including consulting medical staff and Patrons

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  • Presidents report including portrait of President

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  • Child dressed in apron has their hands held as a teacher swirls them around a board moving a soft textured material

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  • One child holds an abacus whilst another in a schoolroom moving blocks on rods whilst seated at their desk

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  • Teenage boy wearing dark glasses reading Braille in a classroom

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  • School boy stands beneath math equation, boy moving a tube and girl cutting paper in a workshop

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  • Pinhole view of child moving blocks on rods inside a classroom

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  • Adult holds teenage boy's hands to help butter bread

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  • Age spotted hands weave cane to make a basket

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  • Girl using typewriter, man skiing, man on park bench with cane, two pairs of hands - one holding print the other reading Braille

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  • People operating machines, packaging and talking on short wave radio

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  • Packaging workshop with man seated behind a pile of boxes

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  • Older woman in hat looks to camera - Mrs W.H. Harrold, State President of the Executive Council of Auxiliaries

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  • Older people weaving cane, rope or twine

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  • Black and white image of four children singing at Carols by Candlelight

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  • Statement of Income and Expenditure

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  • List of services and facilities available with images

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  • When you make or amend your will

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  • Red background with smaller image of child with blocks shown previously

    Untitled image

  • Young boy reaches reaches towards a candle set in front of him
  • List of Main Office Bearers, including consulting medical staff and Patrons
  • Presidents report including portrait of President
  • Child dressed in apron has their hands held as a teacher swirls them around a board moving a soft textured material
  • One child holds an abacus whilst another in a schoolroom moving blocks on rods whilst seated at their desk
  • Teenage boy wearing dark glasses reading Braille in a classroom
  • School boy stands beneath math equation, boy moving a tube and girl cutting paper in a workshop
  • Pinhole view of child moving blocks on rods inside a classroom
  • Adult holds teenage boy's hands to help butter bread
  • Age spotted hands weave cane to make a basket
  • Girl using typewriter, man skiing, man on park bench with cane, two pairs of hands - one holding print the other reading Braille
  • People operating machines, packaging and talking on short wave radio
  • Packaging workshop with man seated behind a pile of boxes
  • Older woman in hat looks to camera - Mrs W.H. Harrold, State President of the Executive Council of Auxiliaries
  • Older people weaving cane, rope or twine
  • Black and white image of four children singing at Carols by Candlelight
  • Statement of Income and Expenditure
  • List of services and facilities available with images
  • When you make or amend your will
  • Red background with smaller image of child with blocks shown previously

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

Historical information

Activities in annual report include: beginning to plan for centre for multi-handicapped children, expansion of home care program for deaf/blind children, continued to provide secretariat for the Australian National Council for the Blind, past President Dr Charles Bennett was awarded an OBE in June 1969, teacher George Findlay awarded an MBE in June 1968, formation of a ski club which conducted a ski camp, continuance of interest-free home purchase loans for blind workers, death of Bert Merrick who led the Blind People's Social Club for many years and the creation of the Bert Merrick Memorial Picnic and two prizes for Burwood School children to honour him.

Physical description

1 volume of print and illustrations

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