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Construction of Administration building, Bindoon, 1952

This is a digitised copy of a photographic print and is part of the Government Photographer collection held at the State Library of Western Australia. The image shows young men constructing the new building at Bindoon.

Bindoon buildings opening, 1953

This is a digitised copy of a photographic print and is part of the group of six images called ‘Opening of the Central Administration Building and the Technical School, Bindoon [picture]’ held at the State Library of Western Australia. The image shows lots of people on the lawns and pathways in front of the new…

Buildings, 1952

This is a digitised copy of a photoprint and is part of the group of five images called ‘Building construction at Bindoon Boys Town [picture]’ held at the State Library of Western Australia. The image shows boys helping with the construction of the new buildings at Bindoon.

Motor mechanics, 1952

This is a digitised copy of a photoprint and is part of the group of five images titled ‘Boys at Bindoon Boys Town [picture]’ held at the State Library of Western Australia. The image shows boys in a motor mechanics class at Bindoon.

Child Welfare Department, Perth, 1930

This is a digitised copy of an image of glass negative and is part of the Truth newspaper collection held at the State Library of Western Australia. The image shows the outside of the building that housed the Child Welfare Department in 1930. The image was made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project…

Nazareth House on the Chapman River, Geraldton, 1946

This is a digitised copy of a photograph of a photographic print and is part of the Government Photographer collection held at the State Library of Western Australia. The image shows the isolated location of Nazareth House, out on Bluff Point near the Chapman River.

Boys Town, Bindoon, new classroom, 1957

This is a digitised copy of a photographic print and is part of the group of eight images titled ‘Boys Town, Bindoon [picture]’ held at the State Library of Western Australia. The images shows the new classroom building with boys standing on the balcony.

Parkerville Children and Youth Care celebrates 110 years of caring [Wattle Cottage]

‘Parkerville Children and Youth Care celebrates 110 years of caring [Wattle Cottage]’ is a frame from the video, Parkerville Children and Youth Care celebrates 110 years of caring. Wattle Cottage was built in the 1930s.

The Parkerville Waif’s Home: A General View of the Home

‘The Parkerville Waif’s Home: A General View of the Home’ is a picture from the Sunday Times newspaper, which was published on 8 September 1912. It is one of three images published in the paper showing the home and the children living there. The images were published as part of a fundraising appeak for the…