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Subiaco Boy’s Home

‘Subiaco Boy’s Home’ is a digital copy of two photographs mounted on a single piece of paper, held in the West Subiaco Boy’s Home closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. Both images have handwritten captions. The first, a photograph of the front of the Salvation Army Boy’s Home, Nedlands reads,…

West Subiaco W.A. 1920

‘West Subiaco W.A. 1920’ is a digital copy of a page photocopied from the Salvation Army’s 1921 publication Property Souvenir Australia, and mounted on a single piece of paper held in the West Subiaco Boy’s Home closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. There are two images: a view of the…

General instructions

‘General instructions’ is a digital image of a photocopied item that is held in the Collie Estate child homes closed file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. The item gives instructions about how to discipline children in accordance with ‘State Children Regulations’. A handwritten caption in the file indicates that the instructions are an…

Nedlands Boy’s Home (West Subiaco)

‘Nedlands Boy’s Home (West Subiaco)’ is a digital copy of an undated photograph mounted on a single piece of paper, held in the West Subiaco Boy’s Home closed social work file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A handwritten caption gives the image its title. A small boy can be seen in the photograph.

Seaforth School and Reformatory Boys

‘Seaforth School and Reformatory Boys’ 1947′ is a digital copy of four photocopied images mounted on a single piece of paper and held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. Handwritten captions identify the images as ‘Seaforth School’; ‘Seaforth – Reformatory boys’; ‘Seaforth 7-7-54’ (boys are named in the original…

Seaforth Boys Home 1947

‘Seaforth Boys Home 1947’ is a digital copy of two images mounted on a single piece of paper and held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A typed caption reads: ‘Seaforth Boys Home – 1947 On left is Lieut. Ron Dunshea oversighting boys making bricks’. The other image is…

Children at Nedlands, c. 1950s

This image was originally titled “Seaforth Boy’s Home circa 1948”, and was from the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. The description of the photo included the information: “the typed caption reads in part, ‘Seaforth Boy’s Home – circa 1948 I counted 73 boys + driver.’” and that the photo was originally called “Young Australians”. In…

Penal ward before leaving

‘Penal ward before leaving’ is a digital copy of an undated photograph held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A handwritten caption reads, ‘Penal ward before leaving’. This image is attached to a piece of paper with another image showing a female Salvation Army officer with a toddler in…

Seaforth MacKenzie Home at Seaforth Boy’s Home, 1951

‘Seaforth MacKenzie Home at Seaforth Boy’s Home, 1951’ is a digital copy of four images mounted on paper and held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A typed caption identifies the images as a photograph of the homestead used for the Seaforth Boys’ Home; a photograph of boys in…

Seaforth House, 1958

‘Seaforth House, 1958’ is a digital copy of an image held in the Seaforth photos file at the Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA. A handwritten caption reads: ‘Back of Seaforth House, Christmas 1958’.