The contents of this collection are dated 1965 to 1987. Although Birralee closed as a children’s shelter in 1968, the file contains records associated with the administration of the property post the closure. Birralee as a children’s shelter was jointly administered by the then Department of Interior and the New South Wales Welfare Office in…
This is a photograph of 400 Fullarton Road, Myrtle Bank, which was previously known as Fullarton Cottage. It shows the front of a large 1920s brick house with multiple chimneys, a front porch, and leadlight windows. This photograph was taken by Walter & Irvine real estate agents in preparation for the sale of the property.
This is an image of the first Family Group Home opened by Kildonan Homes for Children at their main site, 80 Elgar Road Burwood. It shows a small weatherboard cottage with a tin roof surrounded by lawn and small trees. This photograph was published in Kildonan’s annual report for either 1958 or 1959.
This is an image of the former site of the Molloy House hostel when it was located in Brunswick East.
As part of the UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which ran from 2015-2022, the Inquiry investigated child migration programs to Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. Research and hearings took place in 2017, and the Investigation Report was published in March 2018. The Inquiry asked a series of questions about child migration schemes,…
The government-run Reformatory for Girls was located at Sunbury from 1865 to 1875. It was located on the same site as the Sunbury Industrial School, about half a mile away. In 1875, girls were relocated from Sunbury to a new reformatory, located at Coburg. The institution was sometimes referred to as the Reformatory for Protestant…
The Ballarat Boys’ Reformatory opened in 1879, in a building formerly used as an industrial school for girls. Before that, boys had been at the Jika Reformatory in Coburg. The Ballarat building had accommodation for 200. In 1879, there were 95 inmates, with the department hoping to increase it to 121 when the last boys…
This is a photograph of the Coogee Seaside House taken in 2001 by former resident Margaret Chomel.
This is a photograph of the Coogee Seaside House taken by former resident Margaret Chomel. Margaret provided information that the area running along the side of the house was previously enclosed and this is where the girls slept.
This is a copy of a photograph of a bluestone building on the former site of the Sunbury Industrial School, taken in 2021, and published in an article by Russell Spencer in the Victorian Historical Journal in 2023.
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