This is an engraving of the Quarantine Station at Point Nepean in 1877, also known as the Sanatory Station. It had previously been used by the Department of Industrial and Reformatory Schools for the quarantining of children with infectious diseases.
This is an image of Somers House (also called Swinburne House), which was used by the Victoria Children’s Aid Society as a children’s home from 1968 to 1985. The image shows a large single-storey wooden house with a sign out the front the reads “Country Women’s Association of Victoria, Somers House Holiday Flats, Car Entrance…
The description of this image provided by Territory Stories reads: “Man and four women standing on a makeshift verandah shaded by corrugated iron roof and some cloth. Behind them doors lead to the interior and louvred shutters or window closings can be seen. The building is on stumps. The caption reads: “This building at Umbakumba…
This is an aerial photo of the Areyonga Aboriginal Settlement in Central Australia.
This is an image of Lyndon Lodge, Auburn, published in The Age on 22 March 1947. The image was published alongside an article titled with the caption ‘Milestone in work of salvation army. Care of Youth in Adolescence;. It was published with the caption: “Home for the Homeless. For Boys: Lyndon Lodge, Auburn, which has…
This is a photograph taken at the Mount Margaret Mission around 1935. It shows boys at the mission standing in front of, and sitting and standing in the windows of, the boys’ dormitory, which is under construction.
This is a photograph taken at Port Keats Mission in 1949. It shows a group of women and children lined up outside the mission buildings. A caption on the rear of the image reads “The Girls at Port Keats Mission”.
This is an image of Mogumber (also known as Moore River Mission) showing several mission residents, including children, outside a cottage at the mission.
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