This is a copy of a photograph from the National Archives of Australia’s Immigration Photographic Archive collection. The caption is: New, ultra-modern home for Catholic migrant children from the UK is Nazareth Children’s Home, East Camberwell Vic. It is conducted by Sisters of Nazareth. Home can accommodate 150 children.
This is a copy of an image from the cover of the of St John’s Home for Boys Fifth Annual Report Calendar for 1957-58. It shows a group of boys walking past a sign saying “St John’s Home” and a pillar with a plaque saying “Shrublands” above the letterbox.
This is an excerpt from the Annual Report of St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls from 1960. It shows an architect’s sketch and floor plan for a “cottage” in Doncaster
This is a copy of an image from the front page of a publication by St John’s Home for Boys and Girls (“Care”, Number 5, April 1965). It shows the newly opened family welfare clinic. The caption reads: “From a fund of 32950 pounds, contributed by St John’s supporters two years ago, grew this attractive…
This is a copy of a photograph of the former site of Mission House
This is a copy of an image of nurses and babies from Bethany Babies’ Home. It shows a car with signage that was used during “basket day” fundraising when the Home would seek donations.
This is a copy of a photograph of the building at 12 Sackville Street, Kew, which was Myra House from 1945 until 1954.
This is a copy of an image of the buildings at Bethany Babies’ Home in Geelong.
This is a copy of a photograph that was published in Emma Russell’s 1998 book, Fairlea: The history of a women’s prison in Australia 1956 – 96. The caption reads: “Built in 1848 within the grounds of Yarra Park for the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, this building retained its institutional character when it became the…
This is a copy of an image made available on Victorian Collections. Melbourne Legacy have 7 photographs of Blamey House (Kew), on the day it was auctioned in the early 1980s. The property in Willsmere Road, Kew was formerly another Melbourne Legacy children’s Home, Harelands 1942-1956).
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