The Main Dining Hall, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick, 1910s, courtesy of J. Coulter Randwick Asylum Govt Printer, 1916.
This photograph shows children inside the large dining hall at the Randwick Asylum. The children are seated at long trestle tables arranged in rows down either side of the hall. The children appear to have been divided into two groups, probably by gender, each sitting on one side of the hall. All children on one side (presumably the girls' side) are wearing white aprons. All children appear to have shaved heads.
This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales in 1986. The original image is held by the State Archives of New South Wales. This image has been dated as 1916, however as the asylum had closed by this date it is assumed that this image was taken slightly earlier than 1916.
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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