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…
This is a photograph of a boy working on an engine in a workshop at Endeavour House. 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 photograph of a bedroom at Endeavour House. It shows a small room or cell with a single bed with a bright orange bedspread, a small set of shelves, a chair, and a footstool. The room is filled with Indigenous-style paintings and woodwork items. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs…
This is a photograph of the Eastwood Home for Mothers and Babies. It shows a large two-storey stone house. There is a woman in a long white dress standing by the front door, near three cots that are sitting on the verandah. There appear to be four beds placed on the upper verandah. This photograph…
This is a photograph of the nursery at the Cicada Home. It shows a room with three wire-framed cots with nets suspended above them. It was published in the 1912 Annual Report for the State Children Relief Board. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the…
This is a photograph of the mother’s dormitory at the Cicada Home in Croydon. It shows a bright room with at least six single beds, each with white sheets and a white canopy suspended above it. There are wooden chairs next to each bed, a table with a vase of flowers in the centre of…
This is a photograph of play equipment at Brush Farm. It shows a swing set on a lawn, with a see-saw, climbing frames, and a brown brick building visible in the background. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This…
This is a photograph of girls playing on the lawn in front of the Brush Farm House. The girls are wearing a uniform of dark jumpers and light blue skirts. 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…
This is a photograph of several single-storey brick buildings at the Brush Farm site. One of the buildings has a sign on the wall identifying it as the Blaxland building. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph of three boys in a dormitory at Yarra Bay House. It shows three young boys all wearing different patterned shirts pointing looking through the windows towards the ocean. They are in a pink-painted dormitory with rows of small iron-framed beds with cream bedspreads. There is no other furniture in the room….
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