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Nindeebai Hostel

This is a photograph of Nindeebai Education Hostel published on inHerit, the website of the State Heritage Office of Western Australia. It shows a portion of a long single-storey building with cream painted brick and a red tiled roof. The building appears dilapidated, and most windows are boarded up.

The Methodist’s Children’s Home, Victoria Park – General view of the Home

This is an image of the Methodist Children’s Home that was published in the Western Mail  newspaper on 26 April 1923. It shows the main home building, consisting of two large wings joined by a covered walkway. A small group of people are standing in front of the home. This photo was published alongside a photo…

Lombadina Mission, late 1950s?

This is a photograph taken at Lombadina Mission in the late 1950s. In the foreground there are two Aboriginal women carrying children, while several people behind them are riding donkeys. Several mission buildings are visible in the background.

Lombadina Mission, late 1950s?

This photograph shows approximately 20 people, mostly Aboriginal children, at the Lombadina Mission. In the background there are two mission buildings made of metal sheeting, and a large water tower.

Aboriginal people march through the Beagle Bay Mission and into the church for a service

This is a photograph showing a long line of mostly Aboriginal people entering a large white-rendered church at Beagle Bay Mission. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs taken by W.H. Rourke during his career as a teacher and school inspector in North-West Western Australia, and published in his autobiography ‘My Way’.

Corrugated iron cottages, Beagle Bay Mission, Western Australia, 1952

This is a photograph showing several cottages and small buildings at Beagle Bay Mission. The buildings are a variety of different sizes, and are made out of corrugated iron, metal sheeting, and un-milled timber. There are no people visible in this image. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs of various communities in…

Beagle Bay Mission between 1915 and 1940

This is a photograph taken at the Beagle Bay Mission. It shows several mission buildings surrounded by large, old eucalyptus trees. This photograph is part of an album of Western Australian missions that was compiled by Auber Octavius Neville, who was the Chief Protector of Aborigines and Commissioner of Native Affairs in Western Australia.

Clontarf boys building pool

Building the pool at Clontarf

This picture of Clontarf boys building a swimming pool was taken by Michael O’Donoghue in 1956, when he was a resident at the Home. It shows boys working with picks and shovels barefoot. “They laboured before and after school and at weekends to complete it, using picks and shovels. Boys who did not work hard…

Dormitory at the Salvation Army Home

This is a photograph of a dormitory at the Salvation Army Boys’ Home at Collie, Western Australia. It shows two long rows of steel-framed beds packed tightly together in a long, high ceilinged dormitory room. A side-table with a pot-plant on it has been placed in the walkway between the rows of beds, likely as…

Visit to Australia of Major-General Hawthorn, director and secretary of Fairbridge Society

Visit to Australia of Major-General Hawthorn, director and secretary of Fairbridge Society is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It is part of the correspondence files of the Commonwealth Immigration Department. It contains information about the activities of the Fairbridge Society in Australia. Access Conditions Open access. Records The hard copy file…