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OPAL’s Joyce Wilding Home

This is a copy of 2 images that were published in an article in the New Dawn in March 1973. The top image has the following caption: ‘The children sleep in these units at the back of the main building of OPAL’s Joyce Wilding Home at Brisbane. “Uncle” Wally Sheppard, matron’s husband, can be seen…

Opal Holiday Scheme

This is a copy of an image of a group of children on the beach which illustrated an article in the Church Chronicle, 1 November 1966, p.4. The article was about the annual seaside holiday camp organised by the One People of Australia League (OPAL) for children from around Australia.

Archibald House – Glenugie, New Farm, 1930

This is an image of the house ‘Glenugie’, also known as Archibald Hosue, published in the Brisbane Courier pictorial news section on 10 July, 1930. The caption reads “The family of the late Mr. John Archibald, as beneficiaries under his will, have made available to the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, for joint use as a…

Opening of the Stopford Home for Aboriginal Girls at Barambah [Cherbourg] Aboriginal Settlement

This photograph comes from the Betty McKenzie Collection at the Queensland Museum and is published on The Cherbourg Memory website.

The Boys’ Dormitory at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement c1929

This photograph is from the Betty McKenzie collection at the Queensland Museum and is published on The Cherbourg Memory website.

Wolston Park Hospital Complex – Bostock

This image is included in the gallery of images for Wolson Park Hospital Complex in the Queensland Heritage Register.

Noble 2

This image is included in the gallery of images for Wolston Park Hospital Complex in the Queensland Heritage Register. It shows the building known as Noble House.

Leslie Tooth Home

This is an image of the exterior of building that was formerly the Leslie Tooth Home.

Kids from Western Queensland playing at the Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme home at Rowes Bay, Townsville during 1955.

This is a copy of a photograph published on the website of Bushkids: Royal Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme. It is captioned: ‘Kids from Western Queensland playing at the Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme home at Rowes Bay, Townsville during 1955. The Townsville home was a former army camp.’

Photo from the archives of the St Joseph’s Neerkol Orphanage near Rockhampton

This is a copy of an image published as an illustration for an article on the Morning Bulletin website on 1 November 2017.