This is a photograph of the girls dormitory at McCredie Cottage. It shows a large room with three beds with metal rails around the top end, each with a small bedside table next to them. The bedspreads, curtains, and runners on top of the bedside tables are all made from the same orange, yellow, and…
This is a photograph of the boys dormitory at McCredie Cottage. It shows a large room with six beds with metal rails around the top end, each with a small bedside table next to them. The bedspreads, curtains, and runners on top of the bedside tables are all made from the same green, blue, and…
This is a photograph of children in what appears to be a playroom at McCredie Cottage. It shows six children sitting at desks with toys or books in front of them, one at a play kitchen bench, and one playing with a wooden train set on the floor. This photograph is part of a collection…
This is a photograph showing young children playing in a courtyard at McCredie Cottage. Some children are riding tricycles, some are playing with balls, and others are playing in a sandpit. Lynwood Hall is visible in the background. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the…
This is a photograph of McCredie Cottage. It shows several large, connected brick buildings behind a wooden fence that reads ‘McCredie Cottage’. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
This photograph shows a boy operating a radio at Endeavour House/Institution for Boys, Tamworth, likely running an in-house radio program. It shows a boy in a small room sitting at a desk and speaking into a microphone while surrounded by cassettes, albums, posters, and various playback devices. This photograph is part of a collection of…
This is a photograph of boys playing cricket in the courtyard at Endeavour House/Institution for Boys, Tamworth. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
This is a view of the courtyard at Endeavour House/Institution for Boys, Tamworth, viewed from behind a tall barred fence. It shows a two-storey building with a series of small windows running along it (likely the windows to the cell blocks) looking over a narrow courtyard ending with a high brick wall. This photograph is…
This is a photograph of the cellblock at Endeavour House/Institution for Boys, Tamworth. It shows a hallway with six cell doors on either side, each with a small pile of clothing sitting ext to them. There is a second floor visible at the top of the image, with a safety net dividing the top and…
This is a photograph showing the entrance to Endeavour House, also known as the Tamworth Institution for Boys. It shows a large arched doorway in a brick building, with the date 1879 carved into the stone above it. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the…
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