This is a photograph of the boys dormitory at Gosford Training School. It shows three rows of steel-framed beds and bed-side dressers in a long, high-ceilinged hall. It is likely that this dormitory looked similar when the institution became the Mount Penang Training School in 1946.
This is an artwork showing the Female Orphan School at Parramatta. It shows three large buildings on top of a hill facing the Parramatta River, with bushland in the background.
This is a photograph showing six boys milking cows in the dairy at Berry Training Farm.
This photograph shows boys in formation on the deck of the NSS Sobraon. The boys’ brass band is standing at the front, and the boys standing behind are all holding rifles. All boys are wearing white naval-style uniforms. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New…
This is a photograph of a classroom full of boys at Berry Training Farm. The class holds approximately 40 boys, who are seated facing a blackboard (but turned around to pose for the camera). A teacher stands next to the blackboard, written on which is a lesson about the composition of milk.
This photograph shows the receiving house at the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children. This building would have been the first one entered by children who were newly admitted to the asylum. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales in 1986. The original image…
This photograph shows boys in the dining hall under deck on the NSS Sobraon. The boys are dressed in white naval-style uniforms, and are seated on benches at long tables. Staff members can be seen walking amongst the tables. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial…
This photograph shows the children of the Randwick Asylum assembled in the quadrangle in the grounds of the home. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales in 1986. The original image is held by the State Archives of New South Wales. This image…
This photograph shows children inside the large dining hall at the Randwick Asylum. The children are seated at long trestle tables arranged in rows down either side of the hall. The children appear to have been divided into two groups, probably by gender, each sitting on one side of the hall. All children on one…
This photograph shows a small group of girls seated around a table in the centre of the Girls’ Ward of the Randwick Asylum Hospital. Rows of beds, some occupied by children, are arranged along both sides of the ward. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial…
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