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Haurongo: Hicks, Adelaide

Outside the maternity home

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Outside the maternity home

In 1886 Adelaide Hicks opened this maternity home on Factory Road in Mosgiel, the first such home registered in the district. Hicks is pictured here outside the home, probably on the right.

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Karen Duder. 'Hicks, Adelaide', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993, whakahou November 2013. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38863/outside-the-maternity-home (accessed 25 June 2026).