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Celebrating the release of the Blaxell report

This is a copy of an image that was published with an article on ABC News, with the caption: ‘Mike Hilder, Kim Daniels, Maggie Dawkins, Darryl Stephens, and Todd Jefferis on the steps of the WA parliament celebrate the release of the Blaxell report’.

Parkhurst Prison 1847

This is a copy of an image of Parkhurst Prison that was published in a blog post about juvenile immigrants in October 2015. Juvenile inmates from Parkhurst Prison in England were some of the first unaccompanied child migrants to be sent to Western Australia.

Hillview Opening Plaque

Hillview opening plaque shows that the official opening of the former Hillview Child and Adolescent Clinic took place on 1 June 1984. It is likely that the clinic had been in operation for some time before the opening ceremony. The photograph of the plaque, which remains on the wall of the building, was taken by…

Hillview Staircase

Hillview staircase shows the staircase that led up to first floor of the former Hillview Child and Adolescent Clinic as it looked in 2013. The photograph was taken by Joanne McCann-Payne.

Hillview from Albany Highway

Hillview from Albany Highway shows the tree-lined driveway leading up to the former Hillview Child and Adolescent Clinic as it looked in 2013. The photograph was taken by Joanne McCann-Payne.

BA533/142: Girls’ Friendly Society Lodge, 240 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, 1915

This is a digitised copy of a photograph and is part of the E.L. Mitchell collection of photographs held at the State Library of Western Australia. The images shows the front of the Girls’ Friendly Society Lodge around the time it had been extensively renovated and extended.

Hillview 2013

Hillview 2013 shows the front of the former Hillview Child and Adolescent Clinic as it looked in 2013. The photograph was taken by Joanne McCann-Payne.

Roelands Native Mission Farm

This image is published on a Facebook community page called Roelands Mission – Western Australia. The page has many photographs from Roelands Native Mission Farm.

Old Perth Girls Orphanage building on Adelaide Terrace, Perth

[Description from ABC news website:] Old Perth Girls Orphanage building on Adelaide Terrace, Perth. The building is now used as offices by the Department of Housing.

Oval and playground, Carnarvon Mission

Oval and playground, Carnarvon Mission’ is a digital copy of an image held by Global Mission Partners in the Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Photographs collection. As described by historian Deslee Moyle, the image dates from the early 1980s