This series consists of two registers which record details about children placed in Nursing Homes registered under the Infant Life Protection Acts. Nursing Homes were private houses registered to care for children under the age of three years old, or under 6 years old from 1935. The rolls kept by nursing homes included details such…
St Mary’s Home, Rockhampton, was opened in 1907 at “The Range”, Jessie Street, as a Home for unmarried mothers and their babies. It was run by a committee of the Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton, although the home accepted women of any denomination. Initially women were expected to stay at the home for at least eight…
This image shows a map of Applecross and surrounds, highlighting the site of the Bridgewater Care and Assessment Centre and bus routes to the Centre. It includes an inset of a more detailed map of the Bridgewater site, showing the locations and names of buildings, including four cottages, the kindergarten, and administration building. This map…
This is a photograph of the Friday Island Quarantine Station and Lazaret, showing a number of white huts and tent-like structures making up the Station. It is from a photograph album of Thursday Island and North Queensland, p22.
This is a copy of an image, showing new hostels being built at Kurrajong and the Kurrajong School Bus.
This is a copy of a photograph taken by Ernestine Hill.
This is a copy of a photograph of buildings on the Mornington Island Mission, taken by Ernestine Hill.
This is an image of the Tahmoor Children’s Home at Tahmoor. It shows the sign standing at the front of the property that reads ‘Tahmoor Children’s Home. Dedicated to the health and happiness of children regardless of creed. Supported by Congregational Churches of New South Wales. Sec. Mr A. Brown 42 Stevens St Ermington 6381364″….
From the catalogue of the National Film and Sound Archive: “This is an excerpt from colour home movies made between 1944 and 1948 by Reverend James McCarthy, the Superintendent of the Presbyterian Mission on Mornington Island. Mornington Island, a remote community in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has been occupied by its traditional owners, the Lardil…
This is a photograph of a Family Group Home run by Kildonan at 36 Moselle Street, Box Hill. It was published by the Presbyterian Social Services Department in a pamphlet titled The Work of Presbyterian Social Services. It shows the front of a single-storey brick house with an asymetrical roof, large windows, and brick front…
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