Canterbury/Lyttelton Orphanage

Location

Christchurch
South Island New Zealand

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This institution, a replacement of the Christchurch Orphan Asylum (Addington), was established by the Government in August, 1870, in the building of the former Lyttelton Hospital. It burnt down in 1904, after which it was superseded by the Waltham Orphanage.