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West Subiaco W.A. 1920

‘West Subiaco W.A. 1920’ is a digital copy of a page photocopied from the Salvation Army’s 1921 publication Property Souvenir Australia, and mounted on a single piece of paper held in the West Subiaco Boy’s Home closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. There are two images: a view of the…

General instructions

‘General instructions’ is a digital image of a photocopied item that is held in the Collie Estate child homes closed file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. The item gives instructions about how to discipline children in accordance with ‘State Children Regulations’. A handwritten caption in the file indicates that the instructions are an…

Seaforth School and Reformatory Boys

‘Seaforth School and Reformatory Boys’ 1947′ is a digital copy of four photocopied images mounted on a single piece of paper and held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. Handwritten captions identify the images as ‘Seaforth School’; ‘Seaforth – Reformatory boys’; ‘Seaforth 7-7-54’ (boys are named in the original…

Seaforth Boys Home 1947

‘Seaforth Boys Home 1947’ is a digital copy of two images mounted on a single piece of paper and held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A typed caption reads: ‘Seaforth Boys Home – 1947 On left is Lieut. Ron Dunshea oversighting boys making bricks’. The other image is…

Seaforth MacKenzie Home at Seaforth Boy’s Home, 1951

‘Seaforth MacKenzie Home at Seaforth Boy’s Home, 1951’ is a digital copy of four images mounted on paper and held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A typed caption identifies the images as a photograph of the homestead used for the Seaforth Boys’ Home; a photograph of boys in…

Seaforth History

‘Seaforth history’ is a digital copy of an undated item held in the Seaforth Boys closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. It is a typed list of major historical events (such as openings and closings) and key staff movements at the Seaforth Boys’ Home and Reformatory. It is likely that…

Seaforth WA Children’s Homes 1920’s

‘Seaforth WA Children’s Homes 1920’s’ is a digital copy of an item held in the Seaforth Boys closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. It is a collection of photocopied images relating to the children’s Homes run by the Salvation Army on the Seaforth site at Gosnells: Seaforth Boys’ Home; Seaforth…

Autograph Message No. IV

‘Autograph Message No. IV. is a digital copy of a photocopy held in the Hopetoun closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA and published, according to a handwritten caption, in the War Cry on 14 May 1910. This item gives insight into the importance of ‘child conversion’ in the Salvation Army…

Buckingham Cottage

‘Buckingham Cottage’ is a digital copy of an insert held in the Hollywood Children’s Village file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. The insert has two site plans of the Salvation Army facilities at Hollywood, with the location of Buckingham Cottage and the swimming pool highlighted; an image (taken 1994) of cottage parents; an…

Salvation Army Hollywood site plan

‘Salvation Army Hollywood site plan’ is a digital copy of a photocopied map held in the Hollywood Children’s Village file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. The site plan shows the location of Brand, Pied Piper, Buckingham and Cottesloe Cottages on the Hollywood Children’s Village site, bordered by Smyth Road and Karella Street. The…