The government-run Reformatory for Girls was located at Sunbury from 1865 to 1875. It was located on the same site as the Sunbury Industrial School, about half a mile away. In 1875, girls were relocated from Sunbury to a new reformatory, located at Coburg. The institution was sometimes referred to as the Reformatory for Protestant…
The Ballarat Boys’ Reformatory opened in 1879, in a building formerly used as an industrial school for girls. Before that, boys had been at the Jika Reformatory in Coburg. The Ballarat building had accommodation for 200. In 1879, there were 95 inmates, with the department hoping to increase it to 121 when the last boys…
This is a photograph of the Coogee Seaside House taken in 2001 by former resident Margaret Chomel.
This is a photograph of the Coogee Seaside House taken by former resident Margaret Chomel. Margaret provided information that the area running along the side of the house was previously enclosed and this is where the girls slept.
This is a copy of a photograph of a bluestone building on the former site of the Sunbury Industrial School, taken in 2021, and published in an article by Russell Spencer in the Victorian Historical Journal in 2023.
The Immigrants’ Home was the name that early colonists gave to ramshackle buildings on either side of St Kilda Road south of Princes Bridge (Swain). This was where the Immigrants’ Aid Society provided aid to new arrivals to the colony of Victoria, later expanding its activities beyond this. Over time, the Immigrants’ Home came to…
The Immigrants’ Aid Society came into being in May 1853. A non-government organisation, its initial purpose was to provide relief and information only to new arrivals to the colony of Victoria, though its activities quickly expanded beyond providing aid to poor immigrants. Before the colonial government passed the Neglected and Criminal Children’s Act in 1864…
This is a copy of a drawing showing the Immigrants’ Home in Melbourne, dated 1883.
Children’s Registry, Bendigo Industrial School (1868-1885) is a record created by the Sandhurst Industrial School which was within the grounds of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. The original record is located at Bendigo Regional Archives Centre. Access Conditions Open access.
This is a photograph of the Ngal-a Mothercraft Centre in 1988. It shows a series of two-storey buildings set amongst tall trees, with various pieces of children’s play equipment located around the grounds. The boundary of the site is marked by a tall chain link fence.
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