This clip is part of a longer film created by Reverend Dobbinson, and shows him visiting the Collaroy Convalescent Home. Children in the Home as well as the verandah and some of the grounds are shown in the video.
This image shows the construction of the hospital extension in 1924.
Collaroy Convalescent Home opened in July 1921 to accommodate children recovering from illness or needing ongoing hospital stays and treatment. The Home was located on the beachfront in Collaroy and was donated to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. The Home continued to operate until 1969 when it closed and became an annexe of the…
This is a photograph of the exterior of Leawarra Hostel, Winlaton.
This is a copy of a photograph of the former site of the Klemzig Family Home (1973-1980), published on a real estate website when the property was on the market in 2013.
This is an photo of the building that housed St Joseph’s Home for Children at Liverpool Road, Croydon. The photo shows a large, grey-rendered stone building with a central turret directly above the entrance. A small copper plaque can be see on the front of the building which, as shown in another photograph published by…
This is a black and white image of Boys’ Town, Engadine. The photograph shows the chapel (centre) and surrounding buildings and gardens. Two boys can be seen walking up the path between the buildings.
Many Neighbours is a video from the Red Cross Red Crescent historic film collection. It is a short promotional film about the Australian Red Cross Society released in 1949. It was made for the Victorian Division of the Red Cross and depicts various services in repatration hospitals, convalescent homes, civilian hospitals and in homes of…
This is a black and white image of the Darling Babies’ Home at a mansion known as ‘Yarrayne’. It shows a large family home surrounded by gardens. The house has several gables, including one with windows for an upper-storey room. One of the ends of the house appears to be covered in ivy. This image…
The Adelaide City Mission was established in 1867, its principal aim being the “evangelisation of the neglected classes“. The Mission was involved in various charitable activities with Adelaide’s poor, and also organised religious activities such as gospel meetings (The Register, 20 July 1927). In 1926, the Adelaide City Mission opened the Aboriginal Women’s Home in the…
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