This is an image of the Geelong Female Refuge, taken in approximately 1888. It shows the refuge as a long, single-storey wooden building. Two women holding babies are standing on the verandah, and two toddlers are standing in the garden in front of the refuge.
This is an engraving of the Quarantine Station at Point Nepean in 1877, also known as the Sanatory Station. It had previously been used by the Department of Industrial and Reformatory Schools for the quarantining of children with infectious diseases.
This is an image of Somers House (also called Swinburne House), which was used by the Victoria Children’s Aid Society as a children’s home from 1968 to 1985. The image shows a large single-storey wooden house with a sign out the front the reads “Country Women’s Association of Victoria, Somers House Holiday Flats, Car Entrance…
This is an image of Lyndon Lodge, Auburn, published in The Age on 22 March 1947. The image was published alongside an article titled with the caption ‘Milestone in work of salvation army. Care of Youth in Adolescence;. It was published with the caption: “Home for the Homeless. For Boys: Lyndon Lodge, Auburn, which has…
This is a copy of an image that appeared in a publication by Alison Cathleen Ball. It is captioned “Holmbush” Legacy Hostel, 1267 Burke Rd, KEW, Melbourne. Later called ‘Blamey House’. Alison lived here 1950 & 51. There were 10 girls and 20 boys from age 10 to 20 at that time. House demolished now”.
This is a copy of an image that appeared in a publication by Alison Cathleen Ball. It is captioned “‘Stanhope’ Legacy Hostel, 1245 Burke Rd, Kew. Demolished in 2007. Graeme Ball & Kerry Wisdom also lived here for some time. Alison Ball (nee Wisdom) lived here 1952-1956 incl”.
This is an image of the Salvation Army’s maternity home in North Fitzroy known as The Haven. It shows a large two-storey mansion with ornate balconies surrounded by a large fence. This image is one of a set of images of Salvation Army Homes published in the Weekly Times on 31 January 1903.
This is an image of the Salvation Army Bayswater Boys’ Home. It shows a long, narrow single storey building in a bushland setting. This image is one of a set of images of Salvation Army Homes published in the Weekly Times on 31 January 1903.
This is an image of the kitchen and dining room at Acheron Youth Training Centre. It was published in the 1973 Annual Report for the Victorian Social Welfare Department.
This is an image of the memorial titled “Cherished Mother and Child”. According to the sculptor, the work was commissioned “to acknowledge the cruel history of illegal, unlawful and forced separation of mothers from their newly born children, undertaken in Australia from the late 1950’s to the mid 1970’s”. The monument was funded by Federal…
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