This is a photograph of a dormitory at Karril Cottage. It shows a large room containing at least four small partitioned cubicles, each with a bed, chair, desk, mirror, wardrobe, a small rug on the floor, and blankets at the end of the beds. There are no decorations in the room or in the cubicles….
This is a photograph of boys on bicycles at the front of Karril Cottage. It shows four boys riding in the driveway of a brick cottage. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph showing a child and a woman patting a dog in front of Hargrave House. They are standing in the driveway, which is lined by beds of red and white flowers. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community…
This is a photograph of one of the beds at Hargrave House. It shows a single bed with an orange plaid bedspread in the corner of an un-decorated room with white walls. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph on children playing on play equipment in the garden of Hargrave House. It shows approximately 16 children playing on swings and climbing frames, holding balls, and riding on scooters. St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, is visible in the background. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and…
This is a photograph of children playing cricket in a field outside of Hargrave House. It shows approximately 13 children, supervised by two adults, playing cricket in front of three connected brick buildings. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice.
This is a photograph of children in the courtyard at Hargrave House. It shows approximately 10 children in a brick courtyard between two brick buildings, surrounded by garden beds filled with bright flowers. One of the children is on a bicycle. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions…
The New South Wales Government Departments for Child and Social Welfare created a collection of about 5000 photographs relating to out-of-home care and state wardship. This collection includes images of individual children who had been placed in government-run Homes and institutions. Some children appearing in photographs have been named, but many have not yet been…
This is a film made about Arthur Walker, born in 1925, who spent time in foster care and a number of Victorian institutions during his childhood.
This is a copy of a photograph of Elim House from the mid twentieth century, from the Salvation Army Archives. It was published in an article in The Examiner on 23 August 2023, and was supplied to the newspaper by Shelley Freeman.
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