This photograph shows a small group of girls seated around a table in the centre of the Girls’ Ward of the Randwick Asylum Hospital. Rows of beds, some occupied by children, are arranged along both sides of the ward. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial…
This is a sketch of the Male Orphan School site at Bonnyrigg, near Liverpool and Cabramatta. The drawing shows a cottage (the school master’s house) in the foreground, with a line of long, single-storey buildings (the orphanage buildings) stretching off to one side. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and…
This is a photograph taken of the Female School of Industry on Darlinghurst Road in the 1870s. It shows a large two-storey stone building with a front verandah, surrounded by a brick and iron fence. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales in…
This is a photograph of a dormitory at Kamballa, taken by former resident Sandie Jessamine in 2018.
This is a photograph of a covered walkway at Kamballa, taken by former resident Sandie Jessamine in 2020.
This photograph was taken by former Kamballa resident Sandie Jessamine in 2015, showing the gates naming Kamballa and Taldree.
This is a photograph of Waverley House, which housed the Roman Catholic Orphan School from 1837-1844, and then the Church of England Orphanage during the 1890s and 1900s, before it was demolished in 1904. The photograph shows the front a two-storey mansion facing the road, with a front path leading through hedges up to the…
This is an image showing several girls standing next to their beds in the verandah-dormitory of Shuna Junior Red Cross Home. It was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
This is an image of Kippilaw Junior Red Cross Home, showing the garden and front of the house. A small group of children can be seen sitting on the ground at the end of the path, at the feet of three adults (presumably staff members). The image was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue…
Annexe is a term used to describe a smaller residential facility that is part of a larger institution. For example, the Victoria Park (Riverbank) Annexe was part of the youth detention facility, Riverbank, even though it was located many miles distant. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
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