This is an image of the main block of the Ashley Home for Boys. It was published with an article about a fire at the home in The Mercury on 23 May 1950. The description published with the photo reads “Ashley Home for Boys, Deloraine, the main block of which was gutted by fire yesterday….
This is an image of the male asylum at Lachlan Park Hospital, also known as the Royal Derwent Hospital.
This is an image of the Salvation Army’s Bexley Boys’ Home. it shows a large two-storey building with two signs on the front reading “Bexley” and “The Charles Kolling Memorial Building.” This photo appeared in an article published by the St George & Sutherland Shire Leader about abuse that occurred at the home. The article…
This is an image of Dalmar Children’s Home, Croydon. It shows children outside a large two-storey house. The children appear to be wearing uniforms. This image was published in The Methodist on 28 December 1901.
This is an image of the Dill Macky Mermorial Home, Strathfield. It shows a very large two-storey building with verandah’s spanning its front. This image was published in The Daily Telegraph on 20 March 1922 alongside an article marking the formal opening of the home.
This is an image of the Geelong Female Refuge, taken in approximately 1888. It shows the refuge as a long, single-storey wooden building. Two women holding babies are standing on the verandah, and two toddlers are standing in the garden in front of the refuge.
This is an engraving of the Quarantine Station at Point Nepean in 1877, also known as the Sanatory Station. It had previously been used by the Department of Industrial and Reformatory Schools for the quarantining of children with infectious diseases.
This is an image of Somers House (also called Swinburne House), which was used by the Victoria Children’s Aid Society as a children’s home from 1968 to 1985. The image shows a large single-storey wooden house with a sign out the front the reads “Country Women’s Association of Victoria, Somers House Holiday Flats, Car Entrance…
The description of this image provided by Territory Stories reads: “Man and four women standing on a makeshift verandah shaded by corrugated iron roof and some cloth. Behind them doors lead to the interior and louvred shutters or window closings can be seen. The building is on stumps. The caption reads: “This building at Umbakumba…
This is an aerial photo of the Areyonga Aboriginal Settlement in Central Australia.
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