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Hester Hornbrook was a big-hearted woman who was moved by the plight of kids in poverty in Melbourne in the 1850s.  At the age of 74, she launched her first ragged school to care for these kids.

Further reading:

https://myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1850/decade_landing_15_1.html?tabRank=3&subTabRank=2

https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2015/squalor-and-vice-virtue-and-knowledge

https://www.hhacademy.vic.edu.au/

You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian.com.au

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