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Entrance gates to Boys’ Town, Engadine, ca. 1950s

This is a black and white image of the entrance to Boys’ Town, Engadine. The photograph shows the driveway and front gates, which include signs which read ‘Boys Town’, ‘Father Dunlea’, and a sign behind the fence stating ‘Visitors Welcome’. Behind the gates, three or four buildings are visible situated among several large eucalyptus trees.

Audit records, Quamby Youth Detention Centre

These records were created by the ACT Human Rights Commission during its audit of the Quamby Youth Detention Centre in 2005. Records contain a staff list, a Policy and Procedures Manual, a residents’ handbook and Code of Conduct, information for parents and guardians, and residents’ lists. Access Conditions Access to these records are restricted as…

Human Rights Commission, Australian Capital Territory

The Human Rights Commission, ACT oversees issues of human rights and justice in the ACT, including ensuring that ACT government agencies are complying with human rights. As part of this work, it undertook an audit into the Quamby Youth Detention Centre in 2005.

Dormitory at the Salvation Army Home

This is a photograph of a dormitory at the Salvation Army Boys’ Home at Collie, Western Australia. It shows two long rows of steel-framed beds packed tightly together in a long, high ceilinged dormitory room. A side-table with a pot-plant on it has been placed in the walkway between the rows of beds, likely as…

The Senior girls song, Kildonan Burwood

This is an excerpt from the Uniting Heritage newsletter from March 2020. It shows a handwritten version of the lyrics of a song sung by the Senior girls at Kildonan in the years following World War Two. At a reunion in 2018, Bev and Nancy recollected about the songs they had sung as children at…

Infants Home right foreground, corner Turbot and Edward Streets, Parliament House in background (centre) – Brisbane

This is a photograph of central Brisbane, containing the Female Refuge and Infants Home in the foreground on the right hand side of the photo. It shows the Home as a two-storey brick and stone building with a front verandah, and three gable-windows on the upper storey. The home is located on slightly higher ground…

Site of first Diamantina orphanage, Roma St. Brisbane

This is a photograph of the Diamantina orphanage at Roma St, Brisbane. It shows a series of three or four single-storey buildings on the top of a hill, surrounded by woodland, with the Mount Cootha range visible in the background.

Wahroonga Baptist Family Group Home. Rockhampton 1979

This is a photograph of the Wahroonga Family Group Home, taken in 1979. It shows a large two-storey brick house with a van in the driveway.

St Vincents Orphanage Girls Dormitory, Queens Road Nudgee

This is a photograph of the Girls’ Dormitory at the St Vincent’s Orphanace, taken 1910. It shows a range of several single and double storey buildings bordering a grass field. A caption printed at the bottom of the image reads “St. Vincent’s Orphanage, Nudgee. Girls’ Quarters and Playground No. 1”

Church of England Family Group Home, Mason Street Rockhampton

This is a photograph of the St George’s Family Group Home located at Mason Street, Rockhampton, taken in 1979. It shows a raised single-storey weatherboard cottage with enclosed verandahs, and central front staircase.