Caption from National Archives of Australia: Immigration – Child migration schemes – The Fairbridge Society this month extended its child migration scheme to Tasmania. The Society has taken over and modernised “Tresca” near Launceston. This wil be in addition to farms schools for British migrant children at Molong, NSW and at Pinjarra, WA. The society…
This is a copy of an image published in the book, Pitch your tents on distant shores (2010)
This is an image of Te Aro Villa at 261 Charles Street, Launceston, which, between 1895 and 1896, housed the Salvation Army Rescue Home. The photograph shows an ornate, two-storey house with a steep pitched roof. There is a sign in front of the house which reads “Launceston Wesleyan Chapel”.
This is a copy of an image published in the book, Pitch your tents on distant shores (2010)
This is a copy of an image produced by the American Philosophical Society, titled ‘Eugenics is the self direction of human evolution’. It depicts a tree with roots, labelled with many different scientific fields, such as Genealogy, Genetics and Psychology. The caption reads “Like a tree, eugenics draws its materials from many sources and organizes…
This is a digital image of the cover of The New Australian, published in 1929. The illustration shows a man standing on a map of Australia extending his hand to a boy standing on a map of Britain with the text: “Bringing together British boys and Australian opportunities” as well as the text “Keep Australia…
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