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New South Wales - Publications Details
Report
- Author
- Child Welfare Department
- Title
- Annual Report: Child Welfare Department of New South Wales
- Imprint
- New South Wales government, 1923-1970
- Url
- https://www.opengov.nsw.gov.au/main
- Description
The OpenGov NSW web resource has digitised annual reports of the Child Welfare Department.
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- Report of the Minister of Public Instruction on the work of the Child Welfare Department, Department of Education, Sydney, 1921-1931; 1935/36-1954/55. Details
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- Anglewood Special School - new administrative block in foreground. Yean Cottage in background.
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- 1965
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- New South Wales government
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- The Assembly Hall at Yawarra can be used for indoor basketball or converted into a well-equipped gymnasium. The stage (at rear) will be used for concerts and dramatic productions
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- c. 1969
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- New South Wales government
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- At work on a school project at Thornbury Lodge
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- c. 1961
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- New South Wales government
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- Ballet at Thornbury Lodge
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- c. 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- Bidura Receiving Home
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- Boys at Mount Penang demonstrate their skill in the gymnasium
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- c. 1961
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- New South Wales government
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- Boys at work at the mechanics shop, Mt. Penang
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- c. 1964
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- New South Wales government
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- Boys coming out to play at May Villa, with the new school building in the background
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- c. 1964
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- New South Wales government
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- The boys from Castle Hill House leave for school
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- c. 1961
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- New South Wales government
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- A broadcast in preparation at station 2DA, Daruk Training School
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- 1961
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- New South Wales government
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- Brougham boys out on a picnic
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- c. 1960
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- New South Wales government
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- Brush Farm girls have morning fruit in the internal courtyard of a new cottage
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- c. 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- Brush Farm Home
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- Brush Farm playing area
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Castle Hill House
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- Children at "Raith", Campbelltown
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Children at lunch, King Edward Home
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- c. 1960
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- New South Wales government
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- Children at play, Corelli
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- Clairvaux boys on their way to a game of football. The playing fields below are part of the Clairvaux grounds
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- c. 1969
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- New South Wales government
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- A classroom shop at Werrington Park - a practical lesson in money sums for intellectually handicapped lads [original caption]
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- "Coallee", the new cottage at Werrington Park
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- c. 1962
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- New South Wales government
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- A cookery class in progress in the new instruction block at the Training School for Girls, Parramatta
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- Creative art and craft activities have been expanded following the opening of the new instruction block at the Training School for Girls, Parramatta
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- The Dining Room - Bidura
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- c. 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- The dining room at Linden Cottage [Mittagong]
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- 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- The dining room at Werrington Park
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- c. 1960
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- New South Wales government
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- A dormitory at Ormond School, Thornleigh, with outlook on the School's swimming pool and tennis courts
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Dormitory, Metropolitan Girls' Shelter
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- c. 1965
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- New South Wales government
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- Dormitory, Parramatta Girls Training School
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- c. 1958
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- New South Wales government
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- Dressmaking class at Parramatta
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- An exterior view of the new instruction block at the Training School for Girls, Parramatta
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- Facing the starter at Waverley Cottage, Mittagong
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- Future Citizens - "Thornbury Lodge"
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- c. 1958
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- New South Wales government
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- Gymnastics practice, Mount Penang
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- The high staff-inmate ratio at Brush Farm Infants Home enables close attention to be given to the developmental needs of each child [original caption]
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- Homework time for the High School students at Weroona
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- c. 1964
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- New South Wales government
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- House parents and girls in a Brush Farm Dormitory
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- c. 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- Houseparents and boys at "Rowe", the newest of the cottages at the Training School for Boys, Mittagong
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- c. 1967
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- New South Wales government
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- Houseparents at Garran and other cottages share hobbies and other interests with the children in a warm family atmosphere (Mittagong Cottage Homes)
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- In class at Brougham
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- c. 1964
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- New South Wales government
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- In the classroom at Brougham
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- c. 1960
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- New South Wales government
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- In the metal-work room at Daruk
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- c. 1961
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- New South Wales government
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- In the nursery at "Myee"
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- c. 1962
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- New South Wales government
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- Institution for Girls, Hay. Morning parade for the nine girls in residence.
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Intellectually handicapped girls at Brush Farm make good use of a swimming pool provided with the assistance of Eastwood Rotary Club and the manufacturer [original caption]
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- The kindergarten at Winbin
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- c. 1963
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- New South Wales government
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- "King Edward" - a home for school-aged girls at Newcastle who are shown here in the lounge of the home
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Landscape Gardening at Mount Penang
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- "Lark Hill" - milk time for toddlers
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- "Lark Hill" - the Nursery. "Lark Hill" is in the same grounds as Raith. The two homes together care for a wide age range of children [original caption]
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Lessons in the sun at Bidura School
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- c. 1963
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- New South Wales government
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- Limited playing area has been used to maximum advantage at "Royleston"
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- c. 1967
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- New South Wales government
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- Linden Dormitory [Mittagong Cottages]
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- 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- Lynwood Hall grounds
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- "Lynwood Hall" - front entrance, grounds, and ornamental fountain
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- The main buildings at Berry Training Farm with boys returning from school
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- c. 1965
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- New South Wales government
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- Main entrance to Yasmar. This building houses the Administrative Section and the Ashfield Children's Court
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- c. 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- The main entrance, Mt. Penang designed and built by the boys and staff
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- c. 1964
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- New South Wales government
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- Manual training class at Toombong School
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- "May Villa" boys show improved ability and co-ordination on the climbing equipment
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- c. 1967
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- New South Wales government
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- Minda dormitory, laundry, recreation area and courtroom
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- c. 1965
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- New South Wales government
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- Minda main entrance
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- The Minister for Child Welfare opens Weroona on 7 March 1959 [the official reopening of Weroona]
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- 7 March 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- Modernised within, the exterior of the Training School for Girls, Parramatta, retains its old-world charm [original caption]
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- c. 1967
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- New South Wales government
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- Morning assembly at Ormond School. The new classrooms adjoin the Recreation Room (showing on extreme left)
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- c. 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- Mount Penang 50 years ago and to-day
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- c. 1962
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- New South Wales government
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- Mount Penang Training School for Boys: Project completed this year
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- c. 1958
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- New South Wales government
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- Mustering the beef herd at St Heliers, Muswellbrook, a training school for the more amenable delinquent boys [original caption]
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- The new cottages and school buildings at Brush Farm
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- c. 1965
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- New South Wales government
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- The new school buildings at Anglewood Special School
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- Date
- 1964
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- New South Wales government
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- The new wing at Werrington Park
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- c. 1961
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- New South Wales government
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- The old car and cubby house in the grounds of "May Villa"
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- c. 1967
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- New South Wales government
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- The "old" home, Brush Farm - one of Sydney's historic buildings, it is now unsuitable as a children's home but is to be retained for administrative and other purposes [original caption]
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- c. 1965
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- New South Wales government
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- One of the new dormitories at Brush Farm
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- A pleasant recreation room at Rotherwood
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- c. 1969
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- New South Wales government
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- Posture chairs and sandbags help the physical development of handicapped babies - a scene in one of the sunny courtyards featured in the design of Brush Farm Infants Home [original caption]
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- The radio and television repair and maintenance workshop. Yawarra is the first of its training schools to provide instruction in this trade
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- c. 1969
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- New South Wales government
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- "Raith" - children arriving home from school
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- 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Recreation activities outdoors at Garran Cottage play an important part in the girls' social development (Mittagong Cottage Homes)
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- The recreation room in the senior school at Yasmar
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- c. 1962
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- New South Wales government
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- Redecorated dormitory at "Bethel Cottage" [Parramatta Girls Training School]
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- c. 1967
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- New South Wales government
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- Rotherwood has been designed to provide a number of sun traps against the Mittagong winter. This patio is conducive to relaxed family living.
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- c. 1969
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- New South Wales government
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- Sandstone retaining wall, Mt. Penang. The wall was designed and built by the boys with minimal supervision
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- c. 1964
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- New South Wales government
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- A scene from the Department's film, "The Long Climb", illustrates the variety of tasks in which training is provided at the sheltered workshop at Werrington Park
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- c. 1970
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- New South Wales government
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- School building at Bidura
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- The school library at Berry Training Farm
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- c. 1965
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- New South Wales government
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- The spacious hallway in Linden Cottage is designed as a sun trap [Mittagong]
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- 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- Spacious lawns and gardens provide a delightful setting for Clairvaux, the new establishment for intellectually handicapped boys [original caption]
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- c. 1969
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- New South Wales government
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- Swimming is a favourite sport at Ormond School
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- c. 1963
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- New South Wales government
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- Swimming pool at Werrington Park made by the boys and finished during the year
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- c. 1960
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- New South Wales government
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- Teams from Training School for Girls, Parramatta, practise for the opening of the basketball season. Discipline, teamwork and enthusiasm enabled them to win every event [original caption].
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- c. 1967
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- New South Wales government
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- Thornbury Lodge girls come home from school
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- c. 1968
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- New South Wales government
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- "Thornbury Lodge": A new home for Pre-school children
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- c. 1958
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- New South Wales government
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- Toombong School - library class
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- Training School for Boys, Mittagong: Drum and Bugle Band
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- c. 1958
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- New South Wales government
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- The transformation of Hay: Dining and recreation room, and garden walk outside cabin block. Above: when taken over by the Department. Below: a few months later
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- c. 1962
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- New South Wales government
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- Turner Cottage boys returning home from school (Mittagong Cottage Homes)
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Turner Cottage. Attractive spacious grounds are a feature of the ward cottages at Mittagong
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- c. 1963
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- New South Wales government
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- A used car donated by a Kurri Kurri citizen is completely rebuilt by the lads in the Yawarra motor maintenance workshop
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- c. 1969
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- New South Wales government
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- Werrington Park
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- c. 1959
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- New South Wales government
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- "Worimi" - opened on 30th June, 1966 at Newcastle
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- "Worimi" - rooms for inmates. There are boy boys and girls at "Worimi" [original caption]
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- c. 1966
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- New South Wales government
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- Yawarra was the first of the Boys' Training Schools to be equipped with a swimming pool at the time it was opened
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- c. 1969
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- New South Wales government
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