This picture of Clontarf boys building a swimming pool was taken by Michael O’Donoghue in 1956, when he was a resident at the Home. It shows boys working with picks and shovels barefoot. “They laboured before and after school and at weekends to complete it, using picks and shovels. Boys who did not work hard…
This photograph shows three small houses supposedly at Yarrabah Mission. The houses are constructed primarily out of wood and palm leaves or grass fibres. This photograph was originally published in the Annual Report of the Chief Protector of Aboriginals for the year 1912.
This photograph shows approximately 40 Aboriginal people, mostly children, standing and playing in front of buildings (possibly dormitories) at Mapoon Mission Station. Several of the children are climbing on the frame of a swingset. The buildings appear to be built on or near the beach, and are all raised on stilts. This photograph was…
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…
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