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Tresillian Home, Petersham

This is a photograph taken at the Tresillian Home, Petersham. It shows a row of covered bassinets arranged outside in the garden, with babies being held or attended to by nures, A toddler is sitting in a chair in front of the row of bassinets.

A typical ward, Tresillian Home, Petersham

This is a photograph of one of the wards for mothers staying at the Tresillian Home, Petersham. It shows a small room with two beds, and a table with scales at the foot of one bed.

Main entrance, Tresillian Home, Petersham

This is a photograph of the front of the Tresillian Home, Petersham. It shows two nurses in white uniforms standing at the entrance to an ornate two-storey house with palm trees in the front yard.

Tresillian home, Wollstonecraft, North Sydney

This is a photograph of the Tresillian Home at Wollstonecraft. It shows large, two-storey ornate brick building with a turret, surrounded by a large garden. Several nurses in white uniforms can be seen in the gardens.

Tresillian home, Wollstonecraft, North Sydney

This is a photograph of a nursery at the Tresillian Home at Wollstonecraft. It shows two nurses in white uniforms standing in a room filled with covered bassinets, each separated by a small fabric screen.

Drummond Far West Home – naptime

This is a photograph showing children napping in cots in a playroom at the Royal Far West Home.

Drummond Far West Home – nursery

This is a photograph of the nursery at the Royal Far West Home. It shows a woman standing next to a baby in a high chair, in front of a row of covered bassinets.

Drummond Far West Home

This is a photograph of the Royal Far West Home.

Roman Catholic Orphanage, Parramatta

This is a photograph of the Roman Catholic Orphan School at Parramatta. It shows the children and staff assembled outside one of the school buildings. State Archives NSW have given this photograph a date of 1900, however as the Roman Catholic Orphan School was not in operation by that date it is assumed that this…

Roman Catholic Orphanage, Parramatta

This is a photograph of the Roman Catholic Orphan School at Parramatta. It shows the children and staff assembled outside one of the school buildings. State Archives NSW have given this photograph a date of 1900, however as the Roman Catholic Orphan School was not in operation by that date it is assumed that this…