This photograph is from an article in the Western Mail titled ‘Salvation Army’s Jubilee’. It shows a small group of girls seated around a dining table at the Salvation Army Girls’ Home at Cottesloe.
This is a picture of the property called Reidy House, which was known as Kartanup and St Rita’s Hostel during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, it became an annexe of St Andrew’s Hostel at Katanning. This photograph was taken by Helen Munt.
This picture from ABC News Online shows that St Christopher’s in Northam was once called St Christopher’s House. The date of this picture is unknown.
This photo shows a boy working at Bindoon, making bricks.
‘Memorial Cottage Roleystone’ is a photograph from the City of Armadale’s Municipal Heritage Inventory Review. It shows the building that Sister Kate’s Children’s Home used during the World War Two evacuation from the Queen’s Park site. At that time, the building was known as ‘Memorial Cottage’. This photograph shows how the building looked in 2008,…
This is a picture from a 1954 article in the Sunday Times newspaper titled ‘Mt. Lawley Reception Home’s Detention Methods Are Primitive – But They Have A Tough Job’. It shows the Child Welfare Reception Home as it looked in 1954, on the corner of Walcott and Lord Streets Mt Lawley.
This is a picture from the Sunday Times newspaper. It shows the Children’s Court in Irwin Street, Perth, getting a fresh coat of paint. From 1908, the Children’s Court dealt with ‘juvenile offenders’ as well as with other matters relating to children. When this picture was taken the Perth Children’s Court was in an old…
This is a copy of a photograph from the Sunday Times. It shows a crowd of children enjoying a Christmas Party which was held at Government House. A party was organised each year by the metropolitan boarding-out committee for children who were in out of home care in and around Perth, Western Australia.
This is a picture from an article in The West Australian newspaper, which is published on the National Library of Australia’s website, ‘Trove’. The picture illustrates a 1938 article about the history of child welfare in WA. It shows the old ‘Charities Department’ and some of its staff outside their building at 14 Pier Street,…
This is a picture from a 1954 article in the Sunday Times newspaper titled ‘Mt. Lawley Reception Home’s Detention Methods Are Primitive – But They Have A Tough Job’. The picture shows the ‘solitary confinement’ wing’ of the Child Welfare Reception Home at Mt Lawley, where ‘delinquent’ children were housed. The article condemned this practice…
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