PRG 389/9/1 Early Recollections of Caroline Emily Clark C
__________________________________________________________________________________ PRG 389/9/1 Early recollections of Caroline Emily Clark c. 1828-1905 Transcribed by Barbara Wall, Volunteer at the State Library of South Australia, 2016 There are no restrictions on copying or publication of this item. Caroline Emily Clark (1825-1911), known as Emily Clark, arrived in South Australia from England in June 1850. She became a social reformer, especially known for championing the cause of children in institutions, and for her efforts in the founding of the ‘boarding-out system’ for settling destitute and orphan children with foster families in Adelaide. She worked with fellow Unitarians Annie Montgomerie Martin and Catherine Helen Spence. She was appointed to the State Children’s Council in December 1886. Spence’s book State children in Australia: a history of boarding out and its developments was written about Clark’s work and was published by the State Children’s Council in 1907 in recognition of her service. Members of her family are frequently mentioned. Her father, Francis Clark (1799-1853), and his wife Caroline (1800-1877) emigrated to Australia and arrived on 11 June 1850, with their seven children: Caroline Emily (1825-1911), Algernon Sidney (1826-1908), John Howard (1830-1878),Henry Septimus (1837-1864), Ellen Rosa (1839-1899), Matthew Symonds (1839-1920), and Susan Mary (1846-1932). [The Recollections are in a book bound in brown fabric, with gold lettering on the spine: Recollections of CAROLINE EMILY CLARK. There are 184 pages, more than half handwritten and the rest typed.] [unnumbered page 1] RECOLLECTIONS OF MISS CAROLINE EMILY CLARK COMPLETED BY HER SISTER MRS.
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