This is a photo of the Havilah Little Children’s Home site at Normanhurst. It shows two large houses sitting next to each other, surrounded by lawns. This photo is undated – the dates included are an estimate.
This is a photo of the Protestant Federation Children’s Home at Dulwich Hill, following the renovations to the home that occurred in the mid-1940s. It shows a large square-fronted brick building with formal front gardens, set behind a brick fence with the house number ’50’ visible. There are two plaques on the fence, on either…
This is a watercolour painting of the building called “Tinonoe”, which housed the Protestant Federation Children’s Home at Dulwich Hill. It shoes a two-storey stone house with wooden upper balcony.
This is a photo showing the former Quipolli Girls Home at Leura. It shows a federation style single-storey cottage with wrap-around verandahs, a tin roof, and two chimneys surrounded by gardens. This photo is undated – the date included is an estimate.
Terrigal Holiday Home, also known as Spurway Holiday House, was a holiday home for boys from the Church of England Boys Home, Carlingford. The home at Terrigal (also sometimes referred to as Wamberal) was donated to the Boys Home in 1942. In 2025 this Home was still operating as a holiday home.
This is a photo of the Charlton Boys Home at Glebe. It shows two large two-storey houses next to each other. The caption published with the photos reads “120 boys are cared for in Charlton Homes”. This photo is undated – the date included is an estimate.
This is a photo of the Charlton Boys Home at Castle Hill. It shows a weatherboard house raised on stilts surrounded by bushland. Two people can be seen standing on the front verandah of the home, and two horses are grazing in front of it. This photo is undated – the date included is an…
This is a photo of the Warrawillah seaside holiday home for girls run by the Church of England at Collaroy (also called Narrabeen). It shows a small weatherboard cottage behind a white wooden fence, with a large tree in the front yard. There is a sign in front of the house that reads “Warrawillah Seaside…
Warrawillah Seaside Holiday Home for Girls was opened by Church of England Homes at Collaroy on the 6th October 1956. It was used to provide holidays to girls living at the Church of England Girl’s Home at Carlingford. Warrawillah closed in 1976 due to the poor condition of the building, and the effects of beach…
This is a photo of the Crecy group home at Eastwood (also called Marsfield). It shows a standard brick suburban home, with trees and a low stone fence at the front. Behind the house is a large water tank, and visible on the right hand side of the photo is a portion of a sign…
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