This is a photograph of play equipment at Brush Farm. It shows a swing set on a lawn, with a see-saw, climbing frames, and a brown brick building visible in the background. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This…
This is a photograph of girls playing on the lawn in front of the Brush Farm House. The girls are wearing a uniform of dark jumpers and light blue skirts. 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…
This is a photograph of several single-storey brick buildings at the Brush Farm site. One of the buildings has a sign on the wall identifying it as the Blaxland building. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph of three boys in a dormitory at Yarra Bay House. It shows three young boys all wearing different patterned shirts pointing looking through the windows towards the ocean. They are in a pink-painted dormitory with rows of small iron-framed beds with cream bedspreads. There is no other furniture in the room….
This is a photograph showing a group of six boys running along the side of Yarra Bay House. 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 estimate.
This is a photograph of the Yarra Bay Boys’ Home. It shows a two-storey brick building with a rounded turret on one corner, and arched windows and walkways along the ground 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…
This is a photograph of the dining room at Phillip Cottage. It shows a room with four octagonal tables, each with five chairs. There is a serving hatch through to the kitchen in one of the walls. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW…
This is a photograph of the front of Phillip Cottage. It shows a single-storey brick house with a stepped front yard and driveway divided by brick retaining walls. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph of the hallway at Phillip Cottage. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a video which shows some staff and residents of Padua Hall in Kew. The video is undated but is likely to be from after 1960 when Padua Hall ceased operation as a hostel for former residents of Morning Star and other wards of state. Padua House later became Baraga House, a Slovenian Catholic…
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