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Rathgar – Postcard

This is an image of a postcard promoting the United Protestant Association’s ‘Rathgar’ Home. It shows a large, white, two-storey house with formal front gardens behind a low brick fence. There is a sign on the balcony that reads “United Protestant Association Rathgar Home”, and there is gold text on the top of the postcard…

Metropolitan Children’s Court – Dining room

This is a photograph of the dining room at the Metropolitan Children’s Court. It shows a room with several long tables with bench seating. Decorative pot-plants have been placed on each table. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.

Metropolitan Children’s Court – Dormitory

This is a photograph of a dormitory at the Metropolitan Children’s Court. It shows a long room with beds lined up along both walls. Along part of one wall are small cubicles, also containing beds but with more privacy than the others. There is no other furniture in the room. This photograph is part of…

Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter – Boys playing basketball

This is a photograph of boys playing basketball at the Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter. I tshows eight boys playing basketball in a courtyard surrounded one two sides by multiple phases of brick buildings. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.

Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter – Boys and woman in the kitchen

This is a photograph showing two boys and a woman in what appears to be the kitchen at the Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter.  This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.

Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter – Boys watching television

This is a photograph of boys watching television at the Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter. It shows approximately 20 boys sitting on dining chairs in what appears to be a dining room or recreation room facing towards a television mounted on the wall. A male staff member is standing off to one side. This photograph is part of…

Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter – Boys making benches

This is a photograph of boys making benches at the Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter. It shows approximately 17 teenage boys sitting in a courtyard finishing the construction of benches. There is a staff member watching them. The courtyard is surrounded on at least two sides by a two-storey brick building. This photograph is part of a…

Hay – Girls marching single-file

This is a photograph showing girls marching single-file into the courtyard at Hay. They are being watched by three staff members. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Hay – Girls doing laundry

This is a photograph of girls at Hay doing laundry. It shows three girls washing linens – two at sinks and one pulling a towel out of a boiler. There is a pile of sheets or towels on the floor nearby. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions…

Hay – Girls doing exercise

This is a photograph of girls at Hay doing exercises. It shows nine girls standing on a lawn in exercise poses, with one girl at the front facing the rest of the group, presumably leading the exercise. Two staff members are standing off to the side and watching. This photograph is part of a collection…