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 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.
This is a digitised document showing changes in the buildings over time, and what uses different parts of the buildings had.
This is a copy of a brochure about the Training Home for Girls, made available on the website of the East Melbourne Historical Society. The brochure contains information about the institution and a number of photographs of young women who lived there. The photograph of the building appears on the back page of the brochure.
This is a copy of the front page of the Ballarat Courier on 5 June 1992. It is an illustrated report about a fire at Lisa Lodge refuge. Alternative accommodation had to be found for the young women who lived there. The article states that the Victorian house in Barkly Street, Ballarat ‘contains three bedrooms,…
This is a copy of a form used by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services in the 1970s to administer child endowment payments to institutions. This form was provided to the Find & Connect web resource by Berry Street’s Heritage and Background Information Service and has been redacted to protect the privacy of individuals.
These 4 images are of the 4 winter menu options for Pirra Girls’ Home in the Winter of 1970. They were part of the Pirra Children’s Home – General correspondence file (1970-1974) which documented the activities of government and non-government children’s residential care agencies.
Dec 17, 2025
Dec 18, 2024
Nov 15, 2024