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…
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”.
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 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] 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 the 1953 Welfare Ordinance the Director of…
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.
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…
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.
This is a photo showing the former Quipolli Girls Home at Leura. It shows a federation style single-storey cottage with wrap-around verandahs, a tin roof, and two chimneys surrounded by gardens. This photo is undated – the date included is an estimate.
Terrigal Holiday Home, also known as Spurway Holiday House, was a holiday home for boys from the Church of England Boys Home, Carlingford. The home at Terrigal (also sometimes referred to as Wamberal) was donated to the Boys Home in 1942. In 2022 the Home was still owned by the Church of England, however it…
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