The Stolen Generations are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who, when they were children, were taken away from their families and communities as the result of past government policies. Children were removed by governments, churches and welfare bodies to be brought up in institutions, fostered out or adopted by white families. The removal of…
The Child Welfare Agreement Ordinance 1941 (Act no. 12/1941) was Commonwealth legislation that approved an agreement made between the Commonwealth and the state of New South Wales for the reception, detention and maintenance in institutions in NSW of children committed to those institutions by courts of the ACT. When an ACT court committed a child…
This is a copy of a photograph of St Mary’s Church of England Home at Toowong that was published in the Brisbane Telegraph in 1924.
This is a copy of an image of St Mary’s Home, Toowong that was published in the Daily Examiner in 2018.
This is a copy of the Church of England Women’s Shelter in Spring Hill, from around 1953.
This is a copy of a photograph of a building known as “Glenrae” which was the site of the Koinonia maternity home in the 1960s and 1970s.
This is a copy of an image of Madonna House, Scarborough, that was published in the book, The Essence of a Vision (Rita A Daley, 1997).
This is an image of the living quarters at the Fantome Island Lazaret. It shows many small shacks laid out in a cleared area of bush, with more shacks and possibly larger buildings visible in the background. The image was published with an article about the Lazaret in Catholic Weeklyon 6 April 1950.
This is an image of the milking sheds at the Townsville orphanage. It shows at least 6 boys at the shed, some of whom are milking cows.
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