This is a photograph showing the Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infant’s Home at Wooloowin, taken around 1910. It shows two large, raised, federation-style houses with circular garden and driveway in front.
This is a photograph of the Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre in 1979. It shows a garden with brick walls and children’s play equipment in front of a two-storey brick building with a sloping face. Walkways connecting to other parts of the centre can be seen at the back of the brick building.
This image shows a group of approximately 70 people standing in front of two cottages at the Mona Mona mission. The photo was taken during an inspection tour of Aboriginal Stations on Torres Strait Islands, Cape York Peninsula and the East Coast conducted by the Home Secretary Hon. J C. Peterson in June 1931
This image shows a group of approximately 20 women and girls standing in front of the girls’ dormitory buildings at the Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement. The photo was taken during an inspection tour of Aboriginal Stations on Torres Strait Islands, Cape York Peninsula and the East Coast conducted by the Home Secretary Hon. J C….
This image shows a group of approximately 35 children and adults standing in front of the boys dormitory buildings at the Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement. The photo was taken during an inspection tour of Aboriginal Stations on Torres Strait Islands, Cape York Peninsula and the East Coast conducted by the Home Secretary Hon. J C….
The Canossian Daughters of Charity is a Catholic order founded in Italy in 1808. They first came to Australian in 1949, and arrived in Darwin in 1970 with the purpose of establishing a residential children’s home – Bakhita Village. They ran the children’s home from 1972 until late December 1974, when it was destroyed by…
Visit to Australia of Major-General Hawthorn, director and secretary of Fairbridge Society is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It is part of the correspondence files of the Commonwealth Immigration Department. It contains information about the activities of the Fairbridge Society in Australia. Access Conditions Open access. Records The hard copy file…
The Salvation Army Maternity Home opened at Charters Towers in September 1898. It was located in a large house owned by Mr Tubbs on Gordon Street, at Richmond Hill. It had capcity for 7 women and 9 babies. Women staying at the home were expected to do sewing work to help supplement the home’s income….
This series contains a variety of items and correspondence files created or received by Queensland State Government departments involved in the administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. Many of these records relate to Missions, Settlements, institutions, and children’s Homes that housed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The types of records in this…
This series contains 204 items of correspondence between the Queensland State Government’s Cairns Regional Office and other government departments, private organisations, Aboriginal settlements, and individuals. This series includes three files relating to adoptions and children’s services, and three files relating to the Bush Children’s Health Scheme. Access Conditions Some records in this series are open…
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