This is an excerpt from the digital copy of the John Moss Report on Child Migration – Implementation of Recommendations from the National Archives of Australia website. It is a letter from the Child Welfare Department in Western Australia. The letter gives a brief summary of the types of ‘case history’ information that was sent…
This is an excerpt from the digital copy of the John Moss Report on Child Migration – Implementation of Recommendations from the National Archives of Australia website. It is a brief summary of the types and amount of pocket money which the Australian institutions reportedly gave to child migrants from Britain. These institutions were the…
This is a digital copy of a photograh of The Priory Hostel which is included in the ‘Municipal Heritage Inventory – Inner Albany Areas A-M’ (p.134). It shows the building that was once The Priory Hostel, in Albany.
This is a digital copy of a photograph held by the grandson of Mr James Jones and his wife Letitia. Mr Jones was a manager of the Swan Native and Half Caste Mission in the early 1900s. The photograph is printed as a postcard and on the back is written, ‘Annie Clark with Aboriginal Children…
This is a digital copy of a photograph held by the grandson of Mr James Jones and his wife Letitia. Mr Jones was a manager of the Swan Native and Half Caste Mission in the early 1900s. The photograph is printed as a postcard and on the back is written, ‘Old Aboriginal Mission, Middle Swan,…
This is a digital copy of a photograph held by the grandson of Mr James Jones and his wife Letitia. Mr Jones was a manager of the Swan Native and Half Caste Mission in the early 1900s. The photograph is printed as a postcard and on the back is written, ‘Middle Swan Aboriginal Mission run…
This image shows one of the plaques at the cemetery of the Parkerville Children’s Home.
This is a digital copy of a photograph held in the Parkerville Children and Youth Care (Inc) archives. It shows part of the children’s gravesite, including a decorative sculpture of children’s building blocks.
This item from The West Australian is published on the National Library of Australia’s website, Trove. It shows the Alexandra Home for Women in 1928.
This is a digital copy of a photograph held by the State Library of Victoria. It shows a collection of scenes from the New Norcia Mission which were published in 1895. Images include the church & monk’s quarters, a bridge over the Moore River, cottages, the first church, a man and woman with a baby…
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