Image published in the Illustrated Australian News. Includes oval portraits of Mr. Exon, bust, to left, and Mrs. Wooton, half-length, to right; front of the building with boys and girls standing in rows; two children milking, four boys sitting on the fence behind them watching; cots, cradles, cast-iron beds in the dormitory.
Image published in the Illustrated Australian News. Shows group of young girls, wearing white smocks and straw hats, playing with dolls and prams.
This engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian News.
The building was situated at Herne Hill, Geelong. Built in 1885 and vacated in 1933, when the Orphanage moved to new premises at Belmont, Geelong.
In February 2008, a memorial service commemorated children formerly residing at Ballarat Orphanage who now rested at a grave site in the Ballarat New Cemetery, Private F Section. The names of these children are displayed on a memorial plaque at the grave site. This document shows the names of the children, their ages at the…
This image was provided as part of the article ‘Bimberi whistleblower fears death in custody’ on ABC News on 29 March 2011.
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