PHOTO: Mrs Elsie Hill who turned her guesthouse on Sydney Road, Manly, into the first home for the Far West Children in 1928. (This is a 2012 news story)
Royal Far West was started in 1924 by Rev Stanley Drummond, at the time was convalescing at Manly and he saw the need to bring children from harsh outback of NSW to Manly in January each year to have a holiday by the sea to get away from the harsh summer.
In May 1924 Rev Drummond invited businessman, Mr Gordon Winn, to . . .
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