This is a photograph of the Mission House and School at Mornington Island Mission. It shows two buildings, raised on stilts, on a beach with vegetation visible in the background. This photograph was included in a file held by Queensland State Archives that discuses water supply at the mission, titled ‘Missions – Mornington Island –…
This is a photograph of children playing on monkey-bars outside of a single storey stone building, identified as the Children’s Seaside Hotel, Narrabeen. The description posted alongside this photograph on the Narrabeen Reunions and the Northern Beaches Facebook page describes this photo as dating to the 1950s, and that the location of the Hotel was…
This is a photograph of a building known as Camfield House, which housed the Annesfield Aboriginal School. It shows a single-storey cottage with a small double-storey annexe on one end sitting at the top of a hill.
This is a photograph of the women’s dormitory block at Newcastle Hospital for the Insane, taken by Ralph Snowball in 1888. It shows a long two-storey building with wrap-around verandahs, with formal gardens and a water fountain sitting in front of it. Various buildings in the streets of Newcastle are visible behind the dormitory block.
This is a photograph showing buildings surrounding an internal courtyard at Gladesville Mental Hospital. It shows a courtyard with a large jacaranda tree and a stone fountain in the middle, surrounded on three sides by two-storey sandstone buildings. Along the side of each of the buildings is a small sheltered walkway with bench seats placed…
This is a photograph of Callan Park Mental Hospital. It shows the front of a large sandstone building with a front porch supported by columns. The building is part of a complex of several sandstone buildings which are surrounded by gardens, and a driveway leading to the main entrance. This photograph is part of a…
This is a copy of a photograph of the exterior of the St John of God Training Centre, Cheltenham, that was published with an article in the Advocate in July 1953.
This is an image of buildings at Kendall Grange, photographed through a wire fence. It was published in a 2023 article in the Daily Telegraph.
This is a photograph of the All Saints Girls’ Hostel at Charleville that was published in the commemorative book Charleville Centenary Celebrations, November 1947. It shows several dozen girls and women lined up in front of a large two-storey Queenslander style building with an upper wrap-around verandah.
This is a photograph of children outside the Manly Industrial School. It is a poor-quality image showing several dozen children in white dresses standing in front of a large two-storey stone building with a cross on each end of the roof, and several smaller buildings and possibly a garden pergola. This photograph is part of…
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