This photograph shows approximately 15 girls and young women standing on the front steps and verandah of the Girls’ dormitory at Mapoon Mission Station. The dormitory is a raised building made of rough-cut timber and corrugated metal sheeting, and is surrounded by palm trees. The description of this image provided by the State Library of…
This is a photograph of children and adults at the Mapoon Mission in 1935. It shows approximately 50 children, two Aboriginal women, and five staff members lined up in front of the J.G. Ward Memorial church and other Mission buildings, while waiting for a meal. The children all have their arms folded, and appear to…
This is a photograph of the former Xavier Home for Crippled Children in Coorparoo from the Brisbane City Council’s Local Heritage Places website. It shows some of the brick work and ramps that were added to the weatherboard property during its time as a hospital. No date is provided for the photograph, but it was…
This photographs shows ‘Belltrees’, a large homestead located at Scone in rural New South Wales. It shows a large two-storey manor hours with ornate wrap-around verandahs on its second storey, with a large lawn in front of it and gardens on either side. Belltrees was the location of the Eleanor Mackinnon Memorial Junior Red Cross…
This clip is part of a longer film created by Reverend Dobbinson, and shows him visiting the Collaroy Convalescent Home. Children in the Home as well as the verandah and some of the grounds are shown in the video.
This image shows the construction of the hospital extension in 1924.
Collaroy Convalescent Home opened in July 1921 to accommodate children recovering from illness or needing ongoing hospital stays and treatment. The Home was located on the beachfront in Collaroy and was donated to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. The Home continued to operate until 1969 when it closed and became an annexe of the…
This is a photograph of the exterior of Leawarra Hostel, Winlaton.
This is a copy of a photograph of the former site of the Klemzig Family Home (1973-1980), published on a real estate website when the property was on the market in 2013.
This is an photo of the building that housed St Joseph’s Home for Children at Liverpool Road, Croydon. The photo shows a large, grey-rendered stone building with a central turret directly above the entrance. A small copper plaque can be see on the front of the building which, as shown in another photograph published by…
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