This is a photograph of children outside the Manly Industrial School. It is a poor-quality image showing several dozen children in white dresses standing in front of a large two-storey stone building with a cross on each end of the roof, and several smaller buildings and possibly a garden pergola. This photograph is part of…
This is a photograph of the Mackellar Farm House (previously known as the No. 9 Cottage for Boys) at Mittagong Training School/Farm Home for Boys. It shows a pink building consisting of a central, small, single-storey cottage with a larger two-storey portion added to one side, and a small single-room annexe on the other. The…
This is a photograph of Waverley Cottage (at times also referred to as the No. 3 Home) at Mittagong Cottage Homes, later known as Renwick. It shows a large federation style cottage with a bull-nose verandah and lattice-work underneath it. The cottage is surrounded by lawns bordered by hedges. This photograph is part of a…
This is a photograph of boys performing a play in front of an audience at what is likely Mittagong Training School (though it could also be the Mittagong Cottage Homes). It shows nine boys on an outdoor stage dressed in costume performing in front of an audience. This photograph is part of a collection of…
This is a photograph of DeLauret Cottage at the Mittagong Training School for Boys. It shows an L-shaped building with several colourful benches placed in the garden in front of it. 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…
This is a photograph of girls from Linden Cottage leaving for school. It shows eight girls in school uniforms and carrying briefcases leaving the cottage, while a woman stands on the front porch. The cottage is a boxy brick building with a flat roof and a sign on the front that says “Linden Cottage”. This…
This is a photograph of the locker room at Challoner cottage at the Mittagong Training Home, previously known as the Mittagong Farm Home for Boys. It shows two boys in a large room that has lockers lining the walls, two rows of benches in the middle, and mirrors on the walls. There is a large…
This is a photograph of a dormitory at Goodlet Cottage at Mittagong Cottage Homes, later known as Renwick. It shows a room filled with single beds placed against each wall topped with orange sheets. One of the beds is unmade, showing a very thin mattress on the bedframe. There is no other furniture in the…
This is two photographs of Suttor Cottage at Mittagong Cottage Homes, later known as Renwick. The top photograph is of Suttor Cottage taken from the side, and shows a large two-storey brick cottage with white bay windows. The front of the cottage is single-storey, with the second storey built underneath the back portion of the…
This is a photograph of Rotherwood cottage at Mittagong Cottage Homes, later known as Renwick. It shows a long, single-storey brick building with an offset roof with inset widows. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. It appears in a…
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