This image shows the building known as ‘Avona’ when it formed part of the Church of England Girls’ Home in Glebe. Girls from the Home can be seen sitting on the steps outside the building. This building and its grounds later became the Charlton Memorial Home. This image was published in The Sydney Morning Herald…
“Circa 1897 (the teacher’s cottage and slab kitchen on the right burned down in 1897). Taken from around the church area, with possible original Gribble cottage (later manager’s cottage) on the left. Provides good detail of Aboriginal housing and fencing.” [Description provided by NSW Office of Environment & Heritage]
This image shows the large, two-storey building that housed Cooinoo Home for Destitute Children between 1924 and 1938. There is a sign on the front verandah that reads “Cooinoo Home for Children”.
This is an image that was published in an article in the Goulburn Evening Post in 1934 about the Mount Arcadia Children’s Home in North Parramatta.
This image shows the Beverley Park Home when it was used by the New South wales Society for Crippled Children as holiday and respite accommodation for children with disabilities.
This is a copy of an image that was published in the real estate section of the St George and Sutherland Shire Leader on 14 March 2014. The property was auctioned on 29 March 2014.
This is a copy of a phtoograph of Rehoboth which was published in Fight for Liberty and Freedom on p.46. Its caption reads: Rehoboth Aboriginal Girls’ Home, Homebush, 1924, was established by Elizabeth McKenzie Hatton. This was also the first home for the Australian Aborigines Progressive Association.
This is an illustration of Alexandra Rescue Home, Burwood Heights, that was published in The Methodist in December 1902
This is an image of a newspaper article from a Sydney newspaper which discusses the opening of Ruhamah in 1959.
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