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Opening of Lorne Farm, Southland, 1902

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Opening of Lorne Farm, Southland, 1902

Lorne Farm was a benevolent institution run by the Southland Charitable Aid Board. Opened in 1899, it initially accommodated elderly men. A children's wing was opened in 1902. Here members of the board pose on the front steps on opening day with an ornamental tool inscribed with the date. The children's wing closed in 1926.

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Kerryn Pollock, Children’s homes and fostering – Church institutions and charitable aid, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28560/opening-of-lorne-farm-southland-1902 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 24 March 2011.

Comments

Mary Stewart
28 September 2022
I am interested to know if there where any records kept of residents at Lorne Farm around 1916?