This is a sketch of the Cape Bedford Mission at Elim made by Pastor Poland, a missionary at Cape Bedford Mission. The description provided by the State Library of Queensland reads: “Pastor Poland depicting the arrangements of buildings at the Elim Mission. Elim was settled north of Hope Valley but was found to be too…
This is an image of missionary Poland’s house at the Cape Bedford mission. The caption on the image reads “The Poland home at Elim which also served as school and church”. The State Library of Queensland’s description of this image reads “W. Poland came to join Schwarz at the Cape Bedford Reserve and stayed until…
This is an image of the exterior of the Corinda Infant’s Home. It shows a large two-storey wood-clad house with a front verandah and stair-case leading to the elevated entrance. It is surrounded by a simple fence of wooden posts and wire. This image was published in the Queenslander Pictorial, a supplementary publication to The…
This is an image of a dormitory at the Corinda Infants’ Home. It shows approximately 10 empty cots lined up along the walls of what appears to be an enclosed or converted verandah. The only other furnishings in the room are two small tables, each with a vase of flowers on top. This image was…
This is an image of the Duncan Infants’ Home at Coorparoo. It shows a large two-storey house with wrap-around verandahs. There are three women standing at the front of the house with a number of babies. This image was published in The Week on 3 June 1921 with the caption “Babies’ Home, Coorparoo. Formerly the…
This is a copy of a form used by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services in the 1970s to administer child endowment payments to institutions. This form was provided to the Find & Connect web resource by Berry Street’s Heritage and Background Information Service and has been redacted to protect the privacy of individuals.
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