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The Salvation Army Girls’ Home at Glenroy – The Home

This is an image of the Glenroy Girls’ Home, run by the Salvation Army. This image shows at least 40 girls, all dressed in white pinafores, standing on the upper verandah of the home, which is a very large, ornate, two-storey house. More girls, similarly dressed, sit on the lawn in front of the house,…

Melbourne Protestant Orphan Asylum, Emerald Hill

This image is an engraving of the Melbourne Protestant Orphan Asylum created by Arthur Willmore in 1862. It shows a large number of children accompanied by several adults sitting and standing in front of a large, ornate, stone building.

Photograph – 261 Charles Street – Te Aro Villa, original South Launceston School, 1882, principal Mrs A Gye.

This is an image of Te Aro Villa at 261 Charles Street, Launceston, which, between 1895 and 1896, housed the Salvation Army Rescue Home. The photograph shows an ornate, two-storey house with a steep pitched roof. There is a sign in front of the house which reads “Launceston Wesleyan Chapel”.

Calisthenic exercises, Mt St Canice, Hobart, c.1950

This is a copy of an image published in the book, Pitch your tents on distant shores (2010)

The Murdoch Holiday Home at Huskisson, opened on Saturday 6th November, 1954

This is an image of the Murdoch Holiday Home at Huskisson, also known as the Burnside Holiday Home. This image was published in Burnside: 75 years of caring. This image is undated. The date included is an estimate.

View of “Brig House”

This is an image of Brig House, which was later purchased by the Red Cross Society and used as the Lady Norrie Junior Red Cross Children’s Home. It shows a large, ornate, house surrounded by gardens. Two children can be seen standing in the garden looking at the house. This image was published in the…

St Vincent de Paul’s Children’s Home, Balcombe Road, Black Rock, 1960s

This is a digital copy of a photograph of St Vincent de Paul’s Children’s Home. It is published in the book Holding on to hope (2004) with the following caption: ‘The double-story, red brick building, constructed on an elevated site close to the beach in 1938, originally functioned as a convent and holiday home. It…

Bare Hill [Lockhart River Mission]

This is an aerial photograph showing the site of the Lockhart River mission. It shows a clearing of land at the base of Bare Hill (near the Lockhart River) with two rows of buildings at the rear of the site, another smaller of group of buildings to the right of these, and a couple of…

Umeewarra Mission House Now Derelict

This is an image of two of the mission houses at Umeewarra Mission. It shows two tin-roof, tin-clad buildings with boarded up windows. The photo has been taken from behind a chain-link fence. This image was published by ABC News in an article reporting on the decision to postpone the demolition of the buildings following…

Montrose Home for Crippled Children, Taringa

This is an image of the Montrose Home for Crippled Children at Taringa. It shows a large single-storey house with enclosed front verandahs and a large double staircase leading to the front from the driveway. This image is undated, the date included is an estimate