This is a video on YouTube where 4 former residents and 1 former prison officer share their memories about the Institution for Boys, Tamworth.
This is a YouTube video with footage of the exterior and interior of the former St Paul’s Training School at Newhaven, Phillip Island, Victoria.
This image shows the property where the Church of England Children’s Home was located.
This image shows the property where the Church of England Home for Children was located.
This is an image of Kardinia House, which was the site of Kardinia Children’s Home from 1947 to 1986. The caption for this image reads: “Geelong. Kardinia House built before 1855. Built for Dr Thomson the first Mayor of Geelong. House totally transformed in the 1880s with bay windows. Kardinia House is one of the…
This is footage from a voiceovered newsreel from 1948 about a group of child migrants from the United Kingdom to Australia, sponsored by the Big Brother Movement. It shows a ship that had 580 ‘new settlers’ on board, and states that 250 of them were under 12 years old. It mentions that some of the…
This is footage from a Reuters story about the explosion at the laundry of the Magdalen Home in Hobart on 5 September 1974.
This video, produced in 1940, features McCleod House, also known as the Spastic Centre Country Children’s Hostel, in Mosman, Sydney. It shows scenes of life at the home, including children participating in classes, physical excercises, handcrafts, and at meal time. The narration gives an overview of the purpose of the centre and the methods used…
This image shows the property where the Church of England Babies’ Home and later Church of England Girls’ Hostel was located.
This is a photograph showing boys mowing the lawn and tending to gardens in front of the main building at the Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home at Wedderburn. It is part of the Try Boys Society Collection of photographs heldby the State Library of Victoria.
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