This is a photograph of boys making jam at the Mittagong Farm Home. It shows three boys mixing, weighing, and canning large quantities of jam under the supervision of a staff member.
This is a photograph of one of the dormitories at Mittagong Farm Home. It shows a bedroom with 9 beds arranged against the walls, and a single dresser between two of the beds.
This is a photograph of boys working in the gardens in front of the No. 8 and No. 11 cottages at Mittagong Farm Home.
This is a photograph of the King Edward Home for Girls at Newcastle. It shows the front of the Home, a large single-storey brick house, with several girls and staff members visible in the gardens to the front and side of the home.
This is a photograph of the dining room at the King Edward Home. It shows the girls seated at two tables in the small room, older girls eating at a large table in the middle of the room, and younger children at a small table off to the side.
This image shows girls in a room at the King Edward Home for Girls, Newcastle. The girls, who are all wearing aprons, are seated and standing around a piano, which is being played by a staff member. The room is decorated with flags, bunting, paper lanterns, and posters.
This is a photograph of Gosford Training School. It shows the farmyard and farm buildings in the foreground, with training school buildings behind them. The school is surrounded by bushland.
This is a photograph of the boys dormitory at Gosford Training School. It shows three rows of steel-framed beds and bed-side dressers in a long, high-ceilinged hall. It is likely that this dormitory looked similar when the institution became the Mount Penang Training School in 1946.
This is an artwork showing the Female Orphan School at Parramatta. It shows three large buildings on top of a hill facing the Parramatta River, with bushland in the background.
This is a photograph showing six boys milking cows in the dairy at Berry Training Farm.
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