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The Main Building, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick

This image is a copy taken from John Ramsland’s Children of the back lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Ormond House, Paddington

This is a picture of Ormond House in Paddington, the first location of the Asylum for Destitute Children. This image is a copy taken from John Ramsland’s Children of the back lanes: destitute and neglected children in colonial New South Wales.

Atherstone House, Nicholson Parade, Cronulla, NSW

This is a copy of an image of Atherstone House published in Barnardos Down Under, No 59 December 2014. The caption reads “Opened 1962 as a family group home. Closed 1977.”

Children at the Infants’ Home in the late 1890s

This is a copy of an image published on the Infants’ Home website.

The original Gorton House in Ashfield

This is a copy of an image published on the Infants’ Home website.

Mittagong Training School

This is a copy of an image showing boys playing sport at Mittagong Training School for Boys.

“A chance to lead a normal life”

This is an image that appeared in an article about Sunnyfield School published in the Australian Women’s Weekly in 1956.