Keeping a Trust
South Australia’s Wyatt Benevolent Institution
and its founder
Carol Fort
JACKETED HB 272 PP 295 x 235 4-COL T/OUT ISBN
9781862547827 $75.00 Biography / History Wakefield Press
Dr William Wyatt, emigrated to the new colony
of South Australia in 1837. He became a notable pioneer and briefly
held government positions including coroner and protector of Aborigines,
but his major interests and influence were in the fields of cultural
development, medicine and education.
Keeping a Trust tells the story of
the life of William Wyatt, and how when he approached the end
of his days without an heir, he arranged to place his assets into
a trust and instructed that it be used for South Australians experiencing
poverty. The Wyatt Benevolent Institution was formed and since
then has grown to become one of Australia’s leading philanthropic
institutions.