CRO/68/0051/VN Accession Number: CRO/68/0051/VN

Description

Margaret Whitlam, wife of the Federal Opposition Leader, holds a young Vietnamese child at the Don Chua orphanage. With her is Father Olivier (65), a Catholic Redemptionist priest who established the orphanage in 1964 and who now runs eight similar establishments in Saigon. Mrs Whitlam has been travelling with her husband on his tour of ten Asian countries.

Details

Accession Number
CRO/68/0051/VN
Photographer
Richard William Crothers
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
20 January 1968
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession CRO/68/0051/VN

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