This is a copy of an illustrated newspaper article from 1937 about the Free Kindergarten Union’s holiday home in Forest Hill. The Melbourne Herald published two photographs, one of a child being weighed and another of children hanging out washing. The caption reads: THEY NEED YOUR HELP. Children at the Free Kindergarten Union’s holiday home, Blackburn,…
This is a photograph showing some of the cell huts at the deserted Barton’s Mill Prison site.
This is a photograph of some of the buildings at the Carolup Native Settlement. It shows a timber-clad building in front of a stone building in a similar style, with a small cottage visible in the background. This photo is on page 61 of album 1 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation collection of photographs relating…
This is a photo of the schoolhouse and church at Moore River Native Settlement. It shows a timber building with a steep pitched roof and crucifixes at each end. There are 12 children visibly standing at the front of the building. This photo is on page 15 of album 1 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation…
This is a group photograph of the residents and staff at Moore River Native Settlement. It shows over 100 adults and children posed in front of the dining hall at the Moore River. This photo is on page 91 of album 2 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation collection of photographs relating to the Moore River…
This is a photograph of the main street at Mogumber. It shows a wide dirt street with weatherboard and fibro cottages on either side, shaded by large trees. This photo is on page 41 of album 6 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation collection of photographs relating to the Moore River Native Settlement, which is held…
This is a photograph of ‘Waratah’, one of the residential cottages at Mogumber. It shows three Aboriginal girls standing in front of the entrance to a blue fibro cottage. This photo is on page 37 of album 6 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation collection of photographs relating to the Moore River Native Settlement, which is…
This is a photograph of the newly opened boys school-room at Mogumber. It shows five boys in dark blue uniforms standing around a stack of hay bales at the entrance to a fibro building. This photo is on page 13 of album 7 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation collection of photographs relating to the Moore…
A Royal Commission was appointed to examine the State Children Department and Charities Department, and report on “the working and management thereof, and any improvements which ought to be made in such working and management” (Final Report, Royal Commission on State Children’s Department and Charities Department, p.2). The commission held 42 sittings and examined 77…
This is a photograph of the hospital at Moore River. It shows three adult women, a young child, and a nursing sister standing on the verandah of a medium-sized stone building. This photo is on page 10 of album 8 of the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation collection of photographs relating to the Moore River Native Settlement,…
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