In 2013, Frank Gilson House is a day care centre. The sign over the door shows the original name for the Home.
This image is from page 141 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland institutions and the image is an Inquiry photograph.
The library catalogue includes this description: Magdalene Asylum at Wooloowin, Brisbane was designed by former colonial architect Francis Drummond Greville Stanley, one of Queensland’s most prolific late 19th century architects. It was built between 1888 and 1889.
This image is from page 144 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland institutions and the image is an Inquiry photograph. The Holy Cross laundry was located on the same site as the Holy Cross Home and Holy Cross Retreat.
This image was included in Annual report of the Director of the State Children Department for the year 1913.
This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
This is an image of a plaque that is part of the memorial to the Margaret Marr Memorial Home. The plaque gives a short history of the Home, including a description of the occupation of the Home by R.A.A.F. Radar Station No.23 from 1942 to 1945. The plaque was installed on 14 May 1995.
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