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Lisgar – a new challenge for HMS

This image shows the first location of Lisgar House in Knight Street, Arncliffe.

Belltrees Homestead, Scone, New South Wales, c.1970

This photographs shows ‘Belltrees’, a large homestead located at Scone in rural New South Wales. It shows a large two-storey manor hours with ornate wrap-around verandahs on its second storey, with a large lawn in front of it and gardens on either side. Belltrees was the location of the Eleanor Mackinnon Memorial Junior Red Cross…

Collaroy Home [title altered from original]

This clip is part of a longer film created by Reverend Dobbinson, and shows him visiting the Collaroy Convalescent Home. Children in the Home as well as the verandah and some of the grounds are shown in the video.

Children’s Convalescent Hospital, Collaroy

This image shows the construction of the hospital extension in 1924.

Collaroy Convalescent Home

Collaroy Convalescent Home opened in July 1921 to accommodate children recovering from illness or needing ongoing hospital stays and treatment. The Home was located on the beachfront in Collaroy and was donated to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. The Home continued to operate until 1969 when it closed and became an annexe of the…

St Joseph’s Convent – Croydon

This is an photo of the building that housed St Joseph’s Home for Children at Liverpool Road, Croydon. The photo shows a large, grey-rendered stone building with a central turret directly above the entrance. A small copper plaque can be see on the front of the building which, as shown in another photograph published by…

Chapel at Boys’ Town, Engadine, ca.1950s

This is a black and white image of Boys’ Town, Engadine. The photograph shows the chapel (centre) and surrounding buildings and gardens. Two boys can be seen walking up the path between the buildings.

Entrance gates to Boys’ Town, Engadine, ca. 1950s

This is a black and white image of the entrance to Boys’ Town, Engadine. The photograph shows the driveway and front gates, which include signs which read ‘Boys Town’, ‘Father Dunlea’, and a sign behind the fence stating ‘Visitors Welcome’. Behind the gates, three or four buildings are visible situated among several large eucalyptus trees.

Visit to Australia of Major-General Hawthorn, director and secretary of Fairbridge Society

Visit to Australia of Major-General Hawthorn, director and secretary of Fairbridge Society is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It is part of the correspondence files of the Commonwealth Immigration Department. It contains information about the activities of the Fairbridge Society in Australia. Access Conditions Open access. Records The hard copy file…

Adoption

Adoption is the legal process by which a person legally becomes a child of the adoptive parent(s) and legally ceases to be a child of his/her existing parent(s). The first adoption law to be passed in Australia was in the Colony of Western Australia in 1896, and other jurisdictions followed with their own legislation. However,…