FORT, Carol

Keeping a Trust. South Australia's Wyatt Benevolent Institution and its Founder

Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2008.

Large quarto, x, 262 pages with numerous illustrations and plates (some in colour).

Papered boards; a fine copy with the slightly rubbed dustwrapper.

Dr William Wyatt (1804-1886) emigrated to South Australia in 1837. He became a 'notable pioneer of the town of Adelaide', with his 'major interests and influence ... in the fields of cultural development, medicine and education'. The trust he set up on his death 'has grown to become one of Australia's leading philanthropic institutions'.

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