This is a black and white image of the entrance to Boys’ Town, Engadine. The photograph shows the driveway and front gates, which include signs which read ‘Boys Town’, ‘Father Dunlea’, and a sign behind the fence stating ‘Visitors Welcome’. Behind the gates, three or four buildings are visible situated among several large eucalyptus trees.
This is a photograph of a dormitory at the Salvation Army Boys’ Home at Collie, Western Australia. It shows two long rows of steel-framed beds packed tightly together in a long, high ceilinged dormitory room. A side-table with a pot-plant on it has been placed in the walkway between the rows of beds, likely as…
This is an excerpt from the Uniting Heritage newsletter from March 2020. It shows a handwritten version of the lyrics of a song sung by the Senior girls at Kildonan in the years following World War Two. At a reunion in 2018, Bev and Nancy recollected about the songs they had sung as children at…
This is a photograph of central Brisbane, containing the Female Refuge and Infants Home in the foreground on the right hand side of the photo. It shows the Home as a two-storey brick and stone building with a front verandah, and three gable-windows on the upper storey. The home is located on slightly higher ground…
This is a photograph of the Diamantina orphanage at Roma St, Brisbane. It shows a series of three or four single-storey buildings on the top of a hill, surrounded by woodland, with the Mount Cootha range visible in the background.
This is a photograph of the Wahroonga Family Group Home, taken in 1979. It shows a large two-storey brick house with a van in the driveway.
This is a photograph of the Girls’ Dormitory at the St Vincent’s Orphanace, taken 1910. It shows a range of several single and double storey buildings bordering a grass field. A caption printed at the bottom of the image reads “St. Vincent’s Orphanage, Nudgee. Girls’ Quarters and Playground No. 1”
This is a photograph of the St George’s Family Group Home located at Mason Street, Rockhampton, taken in 1979. It shows a raised single-storey weatherboard cottage with enclosed verandahs, and central front staircase.
This is a photograph of part of the Wilson Youth Hospital, taken in 1971. It shows one of the entrances to the hospital, with signs reading ‘Court entrance’ and ‘Public entrance’ on the doors. A sign reading ‘Wilson Youth Hospital’ can be seen on the front wall.
This is a photograph of Birralee Receiving and Assessment Centre at Rockhampton in 1979. It shows a wide, single-storey, white-clad building with a central bell tower.