This photograph shows the receiving house at the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children. This building would have been the first one entered by children who were newly admitted to the asylum. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales in 1986. The original image…
This photograph shows boys in the dining hall under deck on the NSS Sobraon. The boys are dressed in white naval-style uniforms, and are seated on benches at long tables. Staff members can be seen walking amongst the tables. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial…
This photograph shows the children of the Randwick Asylum assembled in the quadrangle in the grounds of the home. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales in 1986. The original image is held by the State Archives of New South Wales. This image…
This photograph shows children inside the large dining hall at the Randwick Asylum. The children are seated at long trestle tables arranged in rows down either side of the hall. The children appear to have been divided into two groups, probably by gender, each sitting on one side of the hall. All children on one…
This photograph shows a small group of girls seated around a table in the centre of the Girls’ Ward of the Randwick Asylum Hospital. Rows of beds, some occupied by children, are arranged along both sides of the ward. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial…
This is a sketch of the Male Orphan School site at Bonnyrigg, near Liverpool and Cabramatta. The drawing shows a cottage (the school master’s house) in the foreground, with a line of long, single-storey buildings (the orphanage buildings) stretching off to one side. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and…
This is a photograph taken of the Female School of Industry on Darlinghurst Road in the 1870s. It shows a large two-storey stone building with a front verandah, surrounded by a brick and iron fence. This image was published in Children of the Back Lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales in…
This is a copy of a photograph of the Victorian Neglected Children’s Aid Society Home in Leonard Street, Parkville from the inside cover of an annual report.
This is a photograph showing the Kildonan home at 149 Flemington Road, North Melbourne. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate
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