This is footage from a voiceovered newsreel from 1966 about Iandra Methodist Rural Centre. The caption reads: ‘VS Of large old mansion called Iandra. VS Some of the underprivileged boys who live in mansion and then they go off to work on the fields and in the pig pens. MS Group of boys, pan to…
This is a copy of a photograph held by the Werribee and District Historical Society. The description for the image in Picture Victoria is: Description: Location: Synnot Street,,Werribee. c.1960’s? Dorothy Black MBE and her assistant Pat Condon with children at her Baby’s Home. Original not mounted 17.5 x 13cm. Copy of original held by Historical…
This is a copy of an image of the building that housed the Presbyterian Sisterhood Home in Warrnambool from around 1901 until 1909.
This is a copy of a pamphlet produced by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services between around 1969 and around 1972 to provide information to ‘girls’ in Homes for unmarried mothers. It appears to be from the State of Queensland as it only refers to Homes and locations in that state. This pamphlet was provided…
This is an image of ‘Burrawang’, a large house that was leased to the Spastic Centre free of charge by Arthur Sullivan in late 1944. This image was published in Nothing Is Impossible: Adventures in cerebral palsy by the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. The date for this image is unknown, the date range included here is…
This is an image of the Kirinari Hostel in Sylvania Heights. This photo is undated, the dates included are an estimate.
This is an image of the former site of the Sandhurst Boys’ Centre in Bendigo. The Nissen huts which made up some of the buildings are visible.
This is a digital copy of an image of the CWS Hostel for Girls in Fernhurst Grove, Kew. It was published in the CWS Annual Report for 1967/68.
This image was included in a small photo album that was created by a staff member of Our Boys’ Home to send to their family in the UK in 1930.
This image was included in a small photo album that was created by a staff member of Our Boys’ Home to send to their family in the UK in 1930.
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