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Back of big boys dormitory, St Vincent’s Orphanage

  • February 28, 2020
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Chook House, St Vincent’s Orphanage

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Visitors cottage, St Vincent’s Orphanage

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Wash room at St Vincent’s Orphanage

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Bathroom, St Vincent’s Orphanage

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St Vincent’s Chapel soon after completion

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Entrance gate to St Vincent’s

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The boys residing at the orphanage assisted in building the gate.

Child migration – British youth migrants having their daily swim at the Salvation Army Training Farm for Boys at Riverview, Queensland. When they first arrived very few could swim. Now they all can.

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Salvation Army Rescue Home for Girls, Toowong, ca. 1914

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Aerial photo of St Vincent’s Orphanage, ca. 1970

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