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Burton Hall

This is a copy of a photograph of Burton Hall Training Farm at Tatura, Victoria.

Cafs History & Memory Centre

This is a photograph of the interior of the History & Memory Centre at Cafs Ballarat.

400 Fullarton Road Myrtle Bank

This is a photograph of 400 Fullarton Road, Myrtle Bank, which was previously known as Fullarton Cottage. It shows the front of a large 1920s brick house with multiple chimneys, a front porch, and leadlight windows. This photograph was taken by Walter & Irvine real estate agents in preparation for the sale of the property.

No. 80 Elgar Road – Our first family group home

This is an image of the first Family Group Home opened by Kildonan Homes for Children at their main site, 80 Elgar Road Burwood. It shows a small weatherboard cottage with a tin roof surrounded by lawn and small trees. This photograph was published in Kildonan’s annual report for either 1958 or 1959.

Molloy House, Brunswick East

This is an image of the former site of the Molloy House hostel when it was located in Brunswick East.

A colour image showing a large house with a corrugated room with overgrown grass in front.

Coogee Beach Home

This is a photograph of the Coogee Seaside House taken in 2001 by former resident Margaret Chomel.

An image of a large house with a verandah with cars in front of it.

Coogee Seaside Home

This is a photograph of the Coogee Seaside House taken by former resident Margaret Chomel. Margaret provided information that the area running along the side of the house was previously enclosed and this is where the girls slept.

Extant Sunbury industrial school ‘barracks’, currently used by the Sunbury Primary School and the Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School

This is a copy of a photograph of a bluestone building on the former site of the Sunbury Industrial School, taken in 2021, and published in an article by Russell Spencer in the Victorian Historical Journal in 2023.

Immigrants’ Home, and swamp near Princes Bridge

This is a copy of a drawing showing the Immigrants’ Home in Melbourne, dated 1883.

Ngala Mothercraft Centre, 1988

This is a photograph of the Ngal-a Mothercraft Centre in 1988. It shows a series of two-storey buildings set amongst tall trees, with various pieces of children’s play equipment located around the grounds. The boundary of the site is marked by a tall chain link fence.