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Carramar

Carramar maternity home in Turramurra, from ABC Four Corners 1965-1966. In 1966 the ABC Four Corners television programme visited Carramar, as part of a story on adoption and footage from the Home was featured in a 2012 Four Corners story about forced adoptions.

Protestant Federation Home, Hurlstone Park, 1940s

This is a digital copy of an image in the Protestant Children’s Home collection in the Canterbury Bankstown City Library Image Collection. The description given states ‘NSW Protestant Federation Home, 50 Garnet Street, Hurlstone Park.’

Boys line up at Endeavour House in Tamworth

Reproduced by ABC Investigations Unit, with permission from Family and Community Services NSW. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Girls working in the garden, watched over by officers, Hay Institution for Girls, 1965.

This image was included in the National Museum of Australia’s Inside blog, originally provided by Community Services New South Wales, Human Services.

Scheyville Training Farm

Building dating from Scheyville Training Farm phase at Scheyville National Park today.

Arnott Holme (1885)

Originally built on a 5 acre block by Charles Uphold, owner of the Soap and Candle Factory which opened in Mayfield from 1886 east of Ingall St. The estate was sold to William Arnott in 1888 and named Arnott Holme. The Arnotts remained here until 1898. The bakery was in Hunter Street, while members of…