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Kids from Western Queensland playing at the Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme home at Rowes Bay, Townsville during 1955.

This is a copy of a photograph published on the website of Bushkids: Royal Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme. It is captioned: ‘Kids from Western Queensland playing at the Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme home at Rowes Bay, Townsville during 1955. The Townsville home was a former army camp.’

Photo from the archives of the St Joseph’s Neerkol Orphanage near Rockhampton

This is a copy of an image published as an illustration for an article on the Morning Bulletin website on 1 November 2017.

Tarragindi Lodge

This is a copy of a photograph of Tarragindi Lodge, 14 Prior Street, Tarragindi.

Photos of old house [St Christopher’s Lodge]

This is a copy of two images of St Christopher’s Lodge. The title was provided by the researcher who scanned the images. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

[Old Friary]

This is an image of the Brookfield Centre – also known as the ‘Old Friary’ – in Kenmore Hills. The building was formerly the site of St Christopher’s Lodge and The Friary.

The Westbrook Home for Boys

This photo was contributed to the article on abuse at Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook and Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Beulah Home

This is a copy of a photograph of Beulah Home from around 1975. The image was taken after the Home had closed in September 1974 and children were no longer living there. The photograph was taken by real estate agents in the course of valuing the property, which was then owned by the United Protestant…

Mt Maria dormitory

This image is from page 143 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland institutions. The image was sourced for the Inquiry from Queensland Newspapers. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Mt Maria at Mitchelton, operated by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

This image is from page 141 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland institutions. The image was sourced for the Inquiry from Queensland Newspapers. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.