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 document contains photographs of the site of the Lysterfield Boys’ Farm, also known as the Church of England Boys’ Society Training Farm, as well as signage at the site. The photographs of the site show a small section of wall and a domed-top well, which are all that remain of the farm house. The…
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.
This is an image of children in a classroom at the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Melbourne. It shows approximately 20 children seated at desks in a classroom There is a woman seated immediately in front of some of the children holding an open book in her lap, and a man standing at a…
This is an image of the six commissioners of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse with Dr Marie-Louise Ayers (centre), displaying the Message to Australia book. This image was published on the Royal Commission’s website.
This is an image of the published Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. It shows all 17 volumes of the final report. This image was published on the Royal Commission’s website.
This image of the the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind shows a large, three-storey bluestone building with a central tower and two-storey wings on either side. In front of the building are gardens, lawns and trees. This image is part of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind Collection at Museums Victoria.
This is an image of the Werribee Boys’ Farm. It shows a house with an adjoining small cottage or outbuildings situated on a slight hill and surrounded by trees. This image was published in The West Australian on 17 October 1932 alongside an article about the Werribee Boys’ Home.
Melbourne, Vic. 1943-03-23. The new Welfare house for Dependants of RAAF personnel situated at the corner of Alma Road and Chapel Street, East St Kilda. The latest project of the Air Force Auxiliaries Committee. Shown: Mrs WA McDonald (holding a briefcase) and other members of the committee
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