The Adoption of Children Ordinance 1938 (Act no. 2/1938) was Commonwealth legislation that regulated adoption of children in the ACT for the first time. This Ordinance was repealed by the Adoption of Children Act 1965, commencing on 18 October 1966. Under the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1938, adoption required the consent of the child’s parent…
This undated colour photograph shows children from Retta Dixon Home boarding a bus. The children are wearing uniforms.
This is a digital copy of a black and white image from the John Mulligan Photograph Collection, ca. 1960-1976, that was created in 2002 by the National Library of Australia.
This is a copy of a photograph from 1995. Its Northern Territory Library catalogue description is ‘Kormilda College, old girls’ dormitory’.
This is a copy of a photograph from 1973. Its Northern Territory Library catalogue description is ‘Kormilda Aboriginal Residential College, girls wing from the south. Designed and constructed by the Northern Territory Regional Office of the Department of Housing and Construction, Commonwealth of Australia’.
The description reads: “Griffiths House children off for picnic in old 1939 Chevrolet truck”.
The description reads: “Griffiths House which was built through the efforts of Harry Griffiths of the Methodist Inland Mission, and became a recreation facility for servicemen.”
The description reads: Dining Hall, Griffith House, opened originally as a servicemen’s club in 1941.
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