This is an aerial view of the Yawarra Training School site. It shows a large range of connected buildings surrounded by bushland, and some cleared fields. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph of the entrance to Yawarra Training School. It shows a driveway leading towards a range of brick buildings interspersed with tall trees spread out behind a brick wall with ‘Yawarra’ written on it. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW…
This is a photograph of buildings at Yawarra. It shows a lawn with garden beds and a flagpole in front of several single-storey brick buildings that are connected by an undercover walkway. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This…
This is a photograph of boys in the Yawarra workshop. It shows two boys working on a car, beneath a sign that reads “Designed & Built by the boys at Yawarra”. There are questions and instructions written on a chalkboard on the back wall. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s…
This is a photograph of Vernon cottage at Mount Penang. It shows a single-storey cottage with a sign on a ships wheel in a pond in front of it that reads ‘Vernon’. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This…
This is a photograph of the Carinya Unit at Mount Penang Detention Centre. It shows a long single-storey building with a sign in front of it that reads “Carinya First Commital Unit”. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph of a dormitory at Mount Penang Detention Centre. It shows a room surrounded by windows filled with tightly-packed beds. There is no other furniture in the room. The photograph has been taken from another room across the hallway from the dormitory that is also surrounded by windows. This photograph is part…
This is a photograph of a dormitory at Mount Penang Detention Centre. It shows a large hall with three long rows of beds, each with a bedside table next to it. Some of the beds have patterned blankets on them while others are bare. At the end of the hall are several pieces of recreation…
This is a photograph of a table set up for a Christmas party at Montrose Child Protection Centre. It shows small tables set with festive tablecloths, Christmas crackers, plates of sandwiches and other snacks, and flowers. There is a Christmas tree set up on one side of the room, and paper lanterns hanging from the…
This is a photograph of children napping in a classroom at Montrose. It shows two children on small cots in a classroom with various shelves, a piano, and children’s art on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the…
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