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Cann and I’Anson Cottages

This image shows Cann and I’Anson Cottages which operated in two halves of the same building, the former Cann Home.

A group of children outside Magill Orphans Home

The library description states: A group of children photographed outside the Magill Orphans Home, near Adelaide, South Australia; names not known.

Orphanage, Magill

This image is of rhe Methodist Children’s Home – Cann Home, built in 1924. The library description states: Boys and staff (including two Methodist Ministers) pose in front of the Magill orphanage building. It is a large one storey building in the Federation style which appears to be situated in open countryside.

A woman holding a child at the Babies’ Home

The library description states: A woman, possibly a doctor of the South Australian Babies’ Home holding a very young child, she stands by several children’s cots. Location is possibly the Babies’ Home at Gawler Terrace, Walkerville where the Matron in charge was Miss A.T.C. McGahey.

Seaforth Home, Somerton Park, Blue Dormitory

The ‘Blue Dormitory’ at the former Seaforth Home, Somerton Park.

Seaforth Home, Somerton Park, Laundry bins

This image shows the old laundry bins from Seaforth Home, Somerton Park.

Seaforth Home Patch Theatre

This image shows the former Seaforth Home, Somerton Park, after the building became Patch Theatre Centre.

Interior of a ward at the ‘Mareeba’ Babies Hospital at Woodville

The library description states: Interior view of a ward for newly born babies at the ‘Mareeba’ Babies Hospital.