Dinner aboard the NSS Sobraon in the early 1890s, courtesy of State Archives NSW.
This photograph shows boys in the dining hall under deck on the NSS Sobraon. The boys are dressed in white naval-style uniforms, and are seated on benches at long tables. Staff members can be seen walking amongst the tables.
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.
Last updated: 4 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nsw/objects/OBJ000239.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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