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Avona – Glebe

This is a photograph of the Church of England Home For Girls at Glebe, also known as Avona. It shows approximately 25 girls standing on the lawn in front of a large two-storey house with ornate front verandahs, decorative dormer windows, and a glass conservatory on the side. The girls are all wearing white dresses…

Playground of the Church of England Avona Home, Forsyth Street, Glebe Point

This is a photograph of girls at the Church of England Home for Girls, Avona, at Glebe. It shows approximately 40 girls standing on a lawn in front of Avona, which is a large stone building with wrought-iron verandahs. Some of the girls are holding hands and standing in a circle, while others face the…

Church of England Training Home for Girls

The Church of England Training Home for Girls opened on the 9th August 1909 as a Home for girls between the ages of 14 and 16. The Home, also known as the Tress-Manning Home, was built at Forsyth Street, Glebe, on a site between the Church Rescue Home for Women (Strathmore) and the Church of…

A photograph of a two storey brick building with a white van parked out the front. A sign on the building says "Sydney City Mission: Clifton Lodge"

Front view of Clifton Lodge, West Street, North Sydney

This is a copy of a photograph of Clifton Lodge from July 1987. It was donated to Stanton Library by the North Shore Historical Society. It shows a two-storey brick building with a cast iron verandah. There is a white van parked out front and signage that says “Sydney City Mission: Clifton Lodge”.

Tress-Manning – Glebe

This is a photo showing the Church of England Training Home for Girls, also known as Tress-Manning Home, at Glebe. It shows a large two-storey brick building looking out over gardens behind a brick fence. Two other large buildings can be partially seen on either side of Tress-Manning. These are Avona (on the left) which…

Policy re removal of children from the Northern Territory [altered from original title]

Policy re removal of children from the Northern Territory is a file held by the National Archives of Australia, located in its Canberra office. A digital copy of the file is available.

Northern Territory Administration – Welfare Branch – interstate visits 1961-1966 [reference copy]

Northern Territory Administration – Welfare Branch – interstate visits 1961-1966 [reference copy] is a file held by National Archives of Australia. It is located at the Darwin office. The records relate to the Part Aboriginal Education Scheme, an initiative of the Northern Territory Welfare Branch. After the passage of theĀ 1953 Welfare Ordinance the Director of…

Havilah Homes – Normanhurst

This is a photo of the Havilah Little Children’s Home site at Normanhurst. It shows two large houses sitting next to each other, surrounded by lawns. This photo is undated – the dates included are an estimate.

Protestant Federation Children’s Home Post renovation

This is a photo of the Protestant Federation Children’s Home at Dulwich Hill, following the renovations to the home that occurred in the mid-1940s. It shows a large square-fronted brick building with formal front gardens, set behind a brick fence with the house number ’50’ visible. There are two plaques on the fence, on either…

Original NSW Kings Federation Girls Home building, about 1925

This is a watercolour painting of the building called “Tinonoe”, which housed the Protestant Federation Children’s Home at Dulwich Hill. It shoes a two-storey stone house with wooden upper balcony.