
Heart of Stone
Sancta Maria Orphanage Reunion / Info from Peter Hill (married into the Family of the Former Sancta Maria Orphanage)
PLEASE NOTE:
Peter Hill is not an
adopted Vietnamese and is not
in anyway involved with the work of Adopted Vietnamese
International
(AVI) or its volunteers. AVI wishes to have its views completely
independent from this individual.
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If you wish to make
enquiries on what information Peter R. Hill has about the orphanage
you can email him
directly at:
peterhill35@yahoo.com
Peter Hill is an White Australian who is
married into Vietnamese Family who are descendants of Andre` who
founded the former Sancta Maria Orphanage. He has had access to
the ‘Old Birth Registers at the Orphanage, which were safely preserved
by Andre`. This includes records and photos of most of the former
orphans and the 1,077 Birth
Registrations from the 40 year old Birth Registers to CD, along with
the accompanying Photos and ‘Remarks’ This CD now is set to replace the
old and decaying Birth Registers and future searches by Adoptees. Hill
states that the Old Sancta Maria
Orphanage is now and has been for the past 30 years, a ‘Private
Residence’ and that appointments need to be made rather than visiting
it without notice.
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Peter R. Hill.
Life at Sancta Maria Orphanage
Andre, Ty (1997) On My Brothers Shoulder, South Australia: Wakefield Press
A book about life in the Sancta Maria Orphanage up until 1975, written by a former resident. The book includes photos of the orphanage from 1966 to 1975 and then from 1995 when Ty Andre returned to visit his past and make a documentary film. Ty Andre is a Vietnamese orphan born in 1952 and who lived in the Sancta Maria Orphanage until 1975, when he joined Operation Babylift as one of the oldest orphans and arrived in Australia.
Book Orders: Wakefield Press, Po Box 2266, Kent Town, South Australia, 5071
Website here