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Glass negative – HMVS Nelson, Williamstown, Victoria, Apr 1898

This image shows the bow and figurehead of the training ship HMVS Nelson tied up at the wharf on the day it was auctioned.

Andrew Kerr Memorial Home

This is an image of the Andrew Kerr Memorial Home in Tanti Avenue, Mornington.

Dhurringile Homestead

This is an image of Dhurringile Homestead when it was taken over by the military authorities as part of the accommodation for prisoners-of-war of number 13 Prisoner-of- War Group. It housed German officers.

Immigration – Child migration schemes – Dhurringile Rural Training Farm boys arrive

This is an image of boys destined for the Dhurringile Rural Training Farm for boys at Tatura, Victoria, disembarking from a ship.

Boys for farm school

This a copy of the photograph of a group of boys destined for the Northcote Children’s Farm. It appeared in The Age on 27 July 1938, p.8 The original caption reads: ‘The principal of the Northcote Farm School, Bacchus Marsh (Col. S. J. Heath) and his wife, with the 28 English boys who arrived yesterday…

St Cuthbert’s in Colac

This is an image of St Cuthbert’s Children’s Home, as it was known from the 1960s, at Elliminyt, Victoria, taken from a2013 article in the Colac Herald titled ‘No justice for alleged rape victim’.

Morning Star Estate

This is an image from 2011 of the former Morning Star Boys’ Home. This webpage is no longer in operation. this URL is taken from the wayback machine and is dated 13 March 2019.

Lutheran Children’s Home

This is an image of the Lutheran Children’s Home, 52 Sackville St, Kew.

Former Convent of Good Shepherd School, 142-150 Beaconsfield Parade, Albert Park, Port Phillip City

This image is of the Convent of Good Shepherd School in Beaconsfield Parade, Albert Park. It was published by Heritage Victoria on the Victorian Heritage Database webpage for the Convent of the Good Shepherd School. This image is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Methodist Babies’ Home, South Yarra [photo set]

This is an image that is part of Connections UnitingCare’s photostream on the Flickr website, containing digital copies of historic photographs from the Methodist Babies’ Home. The images were used in presentations to raise funds for the Home.