This is a transcript of The General Report on Condition and Progress of the Westbrook Reformatory for Boys, written by Superintendent of Westbrook Walter Richmond in 1910. It provides a brief history of the Reformatory, and descriptions of farming activities undertaken by the boys, the health of the boys, and their education and employment.
This is a copy of a document from Child and Family Services Ballarat. It is a historical timeline of the Ballarat Orphanage and its previous and subsequent names, beginning in 1865, going up to 1994. The last page is a list of Superintendents and Secretary’s at the institution, from 1865 up to 1989.
This is a digital image of the cover of The New Australian, published in 1929. The illustration shows a man standing on a map of Australia extending his hand to a boy standing on a map of Britain with the text: “Bringing together British boys and Australian opportunities” as well as the text “Keep Australia…
This is a copy of a document from 1974, outlining the early morning routine at the Institution for Boys Tamworth. It was published in the thesis of Peter Quinn (2004), and was taken from the Report of the Inquiry into the Death of Malcolm Charles Smith, 1989, part of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths…
“Cooinoo” – Home for Destitute Girls – Your Money Is the Answer to This Prayer was a flyer produced by the Home. It contains staged pictures of some the children who attended and provides brief information about how people’s donations could assist those children in the Home. A copy of this flyer was supplied to…
This is a copy of a page of the Randwick Heritage Study that describes Avoca Nursing Home. This webpage is no longer in operation. this URL is taken from the wayback machine and is dated 11 February 2019.
This is a digital copy of a pamphlet produced by the Sisters of St Joseph which is held in the collection of Diana Fusco.
Poster advertising Stretch-A-Family, designed by Jan Mackay.
The booklet contains general information about Tahmoor Children’s Home and the objectives of the home.
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