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Australian Women
Biographical entry
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Corbin, Laura Mary Louisa (1841 - 1906) |
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| Childcare worker and Creche founder | |
| Born: 26 April 1841 Adelaide, South Australia. Died: 24 October 1906 Adelaide. | |
Laura Corbin founded the non-denominational South Adelaide Creche or Day Nursery in 1887, to care for the children of women who had to work during the day. By the end of her life, Corbin had seen over 37,000 admissions to the creche. She had ten children of her own. |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 23 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE3677b.htm |