This is a photograph showing one of the dormitories at the Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home at Wedderburn. It is part of the Try Boys Society Collection of photographs held by the State Library of Victoria.
This image shows a group of people, including Sir R Talbot, gathered for the opening of the Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home at Wedderburn, Victoria. The group are gathered next to a large single story building. A sign next to the entrance of the building reads “Allcroft”. This image is part of the Try…
This is an image of the the building called “Hawthorne” at 39 Skene Street, Newtown, Geelong, which housed the St Mary’s Hostel from 1945.
This is a copy of a photograph held by the Werribee and District Historical Society. The description for the image in Picture Victoria is: Description: Location: Synnot Street,,Werribee. c.1960’s? Dorothy Black MBE and her assistant Pat Condon with children at her Baby’s Home. Original not mounted 17.5 x 13cm. Copy of original held by Historical…
This is a copy of an image of the building that housed the Presbyterian Sisterhood Home in Warrnambool from around 1901 until 1909.
This is an image of the former site of the Sandhurst Boys’ Centre in Bendigo. The Nissen huts which made up some of the buildings are visible.
This is a digital copy of an image of the CWS Hostel for Girls in Fernhurst Grove, Kew. It was published in the CWS Annual Report for 1967/68.
This is an image showing eight boys and men working in the broom making workshop at the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind. The men and boys are standing at workbenches and are in the process of making brooms, with one man standing near the door, possibly supervising. This image is part of the Royal…
This is a sketch of “Leal House” on Commercial Road in Prahran. It shows a large two-storey stone house with gardens in front. Leal House housed the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institute from 1864 to 1866, and the Victorian Asylum and School for the Blind from 1866 to 1868. No date was provided with this…
This is an image taken at the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind in Melbourne. It shows approximately 13 children and young women seated around a table knitting. This image is part of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind Collection at Museums Victoria.
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