This is a photograph of Vernon cottage at Mount Penang. It shows a single-storey cottage with a sign on a ships wheel in a pond in front of it that reads ‘Vernon’. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This…
This is a photograph of the Carinya Unit at Mount Penang Detention Centre. It shows a long single-storey building with a sign in front of it that reads “Carinya First Commital Unit”. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph of a dormitory at Mount Penang Detention Centre. It shows a room surrounded by windows filled with tightly-packed beds. There is no other furniture in the room. The photograph has been taken from another room across the hallway from the dormitory that is also surrounded by windows. This photograph is part…
This is a photograph of a dormitory at Mount Penang Detention Centre. It shows a large hall with three long rows of beds, each with a bedside table next to it. Some of the beds have patterned blankets on them while others are bare. At the end of the hall are several pieces of recreation…
This is a photograph of a table set up for a Christmas party at Montrose Child Protection Centre. It shows small tables set with festive tablecloths, Christmas crackers, plates of sandwiches and other snacks, and flowers. There is a Christmas tree set up on one side of the room, and paper lanterns hanging from the…
This is a photograph of children napping in a classroom at Montrose. It shows two children on small cots in a classroom with various shelves, a piano, and children’s art on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the…
This is a photograph of preschool children with a teacher in a classroom at Montrose Child Protection Unit. It shows siz children sitting around a table with a teacher playing a game. They are in a room that is filled with children’s artwork pinned on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. This photograph is…
This is an aerial photograph of the Ormond School site at Thornleigh. It shows a long site with several large buildings separated by lawns. The site is surrounded by trees, with suburban housing on one side and an industrial estate on the other. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes…
This is a photograph of the grounds and buildings at Ormond, Thornleigh. It shows a long single-storey brick building with large windows and covered walkways with large lawns in front, and a two-storey building behind it. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department…
This is a photograph of an art classroom at Ormond Regional Youth Centre. It shows a room with two heavily paint-stained tables, and artworks displayed around the walls which include an Indigenous-style hand painting, graffiti-style band logos and symbols, and landscapes and portraits. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes…
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