Princess Melikoff TrustSt Ann’s has been a major beneficiary of Princess Melikoff (the former Pauline Curran) both during her lifetime and from her Estate following her death in 1988.When Pauline Curran was a young woman, and on a visit to Great Britain, she fell in love with a Russian aristocrat who had fled his country during the Red Revolution in 1917. On 20th January 1926, she married Captain Prince Maximilian Melikoff at St David’s Cathedral, Hobart. The Princess lived most of her life in London but visited the land of her birth on many occasions. On one of these visits to Hobart she arranged to set up a trust fund so that the interest from her assets held in Tasmania could be made available to St Ann’s. Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees manages Princess Melikoff’s Estate, which is shared between St Ann’s Homes and Tasmania’s Parks and Wildlife services to undertake work for the conservation of seals and dolphins. |
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Over the decade the Melikoff bequest has been available to St Ann's, significant redevelopment has been made possible as well as many other improvements allowing St Ann's to provide better accommodation to all residents at St Ann's. |
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