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Kids War Effort aka Schoolboys Aid War Effort

This is footage from a voiceovered newsreel from 1941 that includes boys from St Vincent de Paul Boys’ Orphanage, South Melbourne. The caption reads: ‘Various shots as schoolboys make camouflage nets for the army, they weave the thick thread in and out. One boy bounces on a net held by other boys to test the…

Boys in the classroom

This is a photograph showing boys sitting at their desks inside the classroom at the Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home at Wedderburn. It is part of the Try Boys Society Collection of photographs held by the State Library of Victoria.

New Building – The Boys Farm. A Dormitory

This is a photograph showing one of the dormitories at the Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home at Wedderburn. It is part of the Try Boys Society Collection of photographs held by the State Library of Victoria.

Sir R Talbot opening Boys Farm [Wedderburn] [picture]

This image shows a group of people, including Sir R Talbot, gathered for the opening of the Clifden Farm and Try Boys Home at Wedderburn, Victoria. The group are gathered next to a large single story building. A sign next to the entrance of the building reads “Allcroft”. This image is part of the Try…

Geelong. Hawthorne St. Mary’s Hostel 39 Skene St.

This is an image of the the building called “Hawthorne” at 39 Skene Street, Newtown, Geelong, which housed the St Mary’s Hostel from 1945.

Farm for underprivileged boys in New South Wales

This is footage from a voiceovered newsreel from 1966 about Iandra Methodist Rural Centre. The caption reads: ‘VS Of large old mansion called Iandra. VS Some of the underprivileged boys who live in mansion and then they go off to work on the fields and in the pig pens. MS Group of boys, pan to…

Dorothy Black and Pat Condon

This is a copy of a photograph held by the Werribee and District Historical Society. The description for the image in Picture Victoria is: Description: Location: Synnot Street,,Werribee. c.1960’s? Dorothy Black MBE and her assistant Pat Condon with children at her Baby’s Home. Original not mounted 17.5 x 13cm. Copy of original held by Historical…

The first Sisterhood at Warrnambool

This is a copy of an image of the building that housed the Presbyterian Sisterhood Home in Warrnambool from around 1901 until 1909.

Commonwealth Department of Social Services: Benefits available to girls in homes for unmarried mothers

This is a copy of a pamphlet produced by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services between around 1969 and around 1972 to provide information to ‘girls’ in Homes for unmarried mothers. It appears to be from the State of Queensland as it only refers to Homes and locations in that state. This pamphlet was provided…

Arthur Sullivan’s house at 6 Queen Street, Mosman ‘Burrawang’

This is an image of ‘Burrawang’, a large house that was leased to the Spastic Centre free of charge by Arthur Sullivan in late 1944. This image was published in Nothing Is Impossible: Adventures in cerebral palsy by the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. The date for this image is unknown, the date range included here is…