Social worker Sister Margherita speaking to four young South American migrant women over a counter at the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in Sydney

Mulligan, J. A. (1927-1996), Sydney social worker Sister Margherita speaking to four young South American migrant women over a counter at the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in Sydney, 19 April 1971 [3], nla.obj-145332094

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