This is a photograph of the hospital at Moore River. It shows three adult women, a young child, and a nursing sister standing on the verandah of a medium-sized stone building. This photo is on page 10 of album 8 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation collection of photographs relating to the Moore River Native Settlement,…
This is a photograph of the dormitory within the Moore River kindergarten. It shows a long room with over 20 cots lining the walls. There is a woman holding a young Aboriginal child standing at the far end of the room. This photo is on page 103 of album 8 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation…
This is a photograph of the kindergarten building at Moore River Native Settlement in around 1939. It shows a wide single-storey building with two wings and a central verandah. This photo is on page 67 of album 1 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation collection of photographs relating to the Moore River Native Settlement, which is…
This is a copy of a photograph of Glenugie, at 186 Moray Street, New Farm, from the building’s Queensland Heritage Register entry. This building was the site of of Archibald House.
This is a copy of a photo showing the building that was the location of the Aboriginal Girls Home from 1899-1906. It was published in an article in the Brisbane Times in 2016.
This is a copy of photographs that were published in a newspaper article about Elizabeth Fry Retreat in October 1952, in which the matron of the institution described sending girls to be solitary confined in darkness in a cellar as punishment. The captions read: “Scribble on the wall of the cellar at Elizabeth Fry Retreat”…
This is a photograph that was published in the Herald in October 1952, accompanying an article by Laurence Turner about conditions for girls at Royal Park Depot, the first in his series of articles about “Victoria’s unwanted children”. The caption reads “Below is the exercise yard in the delinquent girls’ section of Royal Park. They used…
This is a photograph of ‘The Boob’ at Moore River Native Settlement/Mogumber . ‘The Boob’ was the colloquial name for the gaol or lock-up, where residents, including children, were confined as punishment. The photo shows 10 people standing in front of a medium-sized window-less building made out of corrugated metal sheets and timber. There is…
This is a photo of the Drysdale River Mission Station. It shows a collection of buildings, some single-storey and some two-storey, some made out of tin sheeting and timber, and some made out of rough-cut wood and palm fronds. A wire fence can be seen running around the perimeter of the station.
This is a photograph of the Mission House at Sunday Island Mission. It shows an elevated single-storey cottage with enclosed wrap-around verandahs, and several smaller structures nearby. There is a steep hill visible directly behind the buildings. This photo is part of a collection of photos donated to the State Library of Western Australia by…
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