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Waterton Hall, Rowella

Long term resident, Wayne Dillon gives a tour of Waterton Hall, a former Catholic girls’ school, which provided accommodation and training in farm skills for young homeless men. The film was made on 16 March 1991.

Kennerley boys build spacious seaside holiday home

This is a digital copy of an illustrated article published in the The Mercury on Wednesday 31 December 1952. The image shows boys from Kennerley Boys’ Home in front of their beach house at Pittwater.

Elim

This is an image of Elim, the Salvation Army Maternity Hospital in West Hobart. It shows a large two-storey weatherboard house, in front of which is a sign that reads “The Salvation Army ‘Elim’”.

Wybra Hall