Record Books is a series of records created by the School attached to St Giles’ Home, Newstead, which was attended by children at the Home. The books include information such as student details (including medical details), student progress reports, rosters, class newspaper clippings, reports, and publications/booklets. There are 16 books in this series. The first…
Meli is an organisation created in April 2023, following a merger of Bethany and Barwon Child Youth & Family (BCYF). Meli’s office in Hamlyn Heights (Geelong) is on the former site of the Geelong Female Refuge, established in 1868, and Bethany Babies’ Home (1928-1977). BCYF’s originated with the Geelong Orphan Asylum (established 1854), later known…
This is a copy of a photograph held by the State Library of South Australia. The caption reads: “South Terrace, 11th July 1958. Right side of Quambi Hospital abuts west side of Louisa Street. Frontage: 19 yards. For a view of building after alteration see B 14207. Quambi Hospital specialised in maternity concerns”.
This is an image of the property “Cobar” at Sandgate, Queensland, which was rented by the Catholic Daughters of Australia in 1932 to use for their Holiday Home program for disadvantaged children. The photograph shows a raised, single-storey Queenslander-style house with an enclosed front verandah that is fully-faced with windows. There is a central set…
This image shows the first location of Lisgar House in Knight Street, Arncliffe.
This picture of Clontarf boys building a swimming pool was taken by Michael O’Donoghue in 1956, when he was a resident at the Home. It shows boys working with picks and shovels barefoot. “They laboured before and after school and at weekends to complete it, using picks and shovels. Boys who did not work hard…
This photograph shows three small houses supposedly at Yarrabah Mission. The houses are constructed primarily out of wood and palm leaves or grass fibres. This photograph was originally published in the Annual Report of the Chief Protector of Aboriginals for the year 1912.
This photograph shows approximately 40 Aboriginal people, mostly children, standing and playing in front of buildings (possibly dormitories) at Mapoon Mission Station. Several of the children are climbing on the frame of a swingset. The buildings appear to be built on or near the beach, and are all raised on stilts. This photograph was…
This photograph shows approximately 15 girls and young women standing on the front steps and verandah of the Girls’ dormitory at Mapoon Mission Station. The dormitory is a raised building made of rough-cut timber and corrugated metal sheeting, and is surrounded by palm trees. The description of this image provided by the State Library of…
This is a photograph of children and adults at the Mapoon Mission in 1935. It shows approximately 50 children, two Aboriginal women, and five staff members lined up in front of the J.G. Ward Memorial church and other Mission buildings, while waiting for a meal. The children all have their arms folded, and appear to…
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