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Hobart – Anglesea Barracks

This image shows the Old Gaol building of the Hobart Anglesea Barracks. From 1881 to 1905 the Hobart Girls’ Training School was located in this building.

St Nicholas Cottage [Clarendon Children’s Home]

This is a copy of a slide showing St Nicholas Cottage which was built in 1948, at Clarendon Children’s Home in Kingston Beach.

Home of Mercy Midwood Street

This is a copy of a slide showing the Home of Mercy in Midwood Street, Newtown.

Home of Mercy Midwood Street

This is a copy of a slide showing the Home of Mercy in Midwood Street, Newtown.

Mount Royal [Clarendon Children’s Home], showing St Nicholas Cottage

This is a copy of a slide showing buildings at the Clarendon Children’s Home in Kingston Beach, including St Nicholas Cottage which was built in 1948.

Enclosed verandah, Mt Royal [Clarendon Children’s Home]

This is a copy of a slide showing an enclosed verandah at the Clarendon Children’s Home in Kingston Beach.

Mount Royal [Clarendon Children’s Home]

This is a copy of an image of the Clarendon Children’s Home in Kingston Beach.

Mount Royal – Clarendon Children’s Home

This is a copy of an image of the former guest house at Kingston Beach that became the Clarendon Children’s Home in 1945.

The Dragonfly Inn, formerly Rock Lynn House

This is an image of the building that was Rock Lynn House from 1900 to 1960. In 2017 it is boutique accommodation, known as the Dragonfly Inn.

Rock Lynn House circa 1936

This is a photograph of Rock Lynn House published to illustrate a blog post, ‘Australian Adoptees’ by Merlene Fawdry.