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Negative – Ballarat, Victoria, 1934 [editor’s note: Nazareth House in background]

The fleet of rowing boats owned by D. A. Gill. Gill ‘s boat house on the left and Nazareth House in the background.

The children’s council in session, “Orana”, Burwood

This is a copy of an image which was published in Superintendent Mathieson’s PhD thesis titled The Institutional Care of the Dependent Child. The ‘Children’s Council’ was an increasingly common feature of children’s homes by the 1950s. The Children’s Council was a forum for children and staff to work together and to discuss matters related…

Entrance to the children’s chapel, “Orana”, Burwood

This is a copy of an image which was published in Superintendent Mathieson’s PhD thesis titled The Institutional Care of the Dependent Child

A family group cottage, “Orana”, Burwood

This is a copy of an image which was published in Superintendent Mathieson’s PhD thesis titled The Institutional Care of the Dependent Child

A career for girls: mothercraft nurse

This is a copy of an image published in The Argus on 27 December 1949. The image shows a photograph of a mothercraft trainee nurse feeding a baby at the Methodist Babies’ Home.