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Anglewood – Boys playing cricket

This is a photograph of boys playing cricket on a field at Anglewood school, with the basketball court and school buildings surrounding the field. 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…

Anglewood – Co-ed cookery class

This is a photograph of children in a co-educational cookery class at Anglewood School. It shows children mixing dough, stirring a pot on the stove, taking biscuits off a baking sheet, and washing up in a kitchen. There are various posters about feed safety and nutrition in a glass cabinet on one wall. This photograph…

Anglewood – Boys on playground

This is a photograph of boys in the grounds of Anglewood school. It shows a group of boys sitting on benches, and one on a climbing frame, in front of a long single-storey building at Anglewood. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department…

Anglewood – Boys in dormitory

This is a photograph of boys in one of the dormitories at Anglewood School. It shows three boys in uniforms looking out of a window in a room filled with beds topped with blue sheets. There are models of animals on the mantlepiece at one end of the room, but no other decorations or furniture…

Anglewood – Children sitting on lawn in front of the Home

This is a photograph of children sitting on the lawn in front of Anglewood. It shows two girls and two boys in school uniforms eating apples looking up at the school. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.

Anglewood – Stairwell

This is a photograph of a stairwell at Anglewood School. It shows a timber stairwell with ornate balustrades heading from the ground floor hallway up to the first floor. 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,…

Anglewood – Building at the School

This is a photograph of one of the buildings at Anglewood School. It shows a large two-storey brick buildings surrounded by gardens and paths. 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…

Kamballa – Girls in swimming pool

This is a photograph of girls in the swimming pool at Kamballa. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This photograph was published in the annual report of the Department of Youth and Community Services for 1975 alongside the caption…

Parramatta Girls Home – Girls private bedroom

This is a photograph of a girls private bedroom at either Parramatta Girls Training School or Kamballa. It shows a girl sitting at a desk in a bedroom that includes a single bed, dresser with mirror, desk, small shelf, and wardrobe. The room is decorated with a few posters on the wall and framed photographs…

Parramatta Girls Home – Lounge room

This is a photograph of a lounge room at Parramatta Girls Training School. It shows a small room with several arm chairs arranged around a television. There are several band posters stuck to a wall next to the television. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by…