This image is included in the ‘File on the property Ilfracombe: 1847-1943 [Local History]’. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
This image is included in the ‘File on the property Ilfracombe: 1847-1943 [Local History]’ and has the following caption written on the back of photograph: Ilfracombe, Facing North – Mrs Gee with her poodle Fifi – Original lent by Mrs R Jenkins, Kensington – Ilfracombe was built by Dr. Nash, first Colonial Surgeon. c.1847.
The caption provided states: Robert’s Home Children in Metal Rocker with House Mothers standing behind, Miss Patterson on right, & with the Wood Shed behind, at the Magill Methodist Children’s Home along Penfold Road at MAGILL. This webpage is no longer in operation. This URL was taken from the wayback machine and is dated 19…
The caption provided states: Young Children in Roberts Home yard area, at the Magill Methodist Children’s Home along Penfold Road and Adelaide Street, note CANN Home behind on left, and the May Roper Recreation Hall on right behind, 1955. This webpage is no longer in operation. This URL was taken from the wayback machine and…
This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
The caption provided states: Photo of Roberts Home before the devastating 1954 Earthquake, Home for Toddlers at the Magill Methodist Children’s Home, facing Penfold Road on corner of Adelaide Street in MAGILL near Primary school, Built and Opened in 1921 by the Methodist Mission. This webpage is no longer in operation. This URL was taken…
The caption provided states: 1949-1950, ROBERTS HOME, at Magill Methodist Children’s Home, on corner of Adelaide Street and Facing Penfold Road at MAGILL next to the Primary School, built and opened in 1921, Damaged in the 1954 Earthquake, at 3.40am on 1st March 1954, [ 5.6mag ] later demolished and new home built in 1964,…
This is a photograph of the foundation stone of the building formerly known as Cann Home. The plaque reads “The Rev. W.H. Cann, an Ex-President of the S.A. Methodist Conference and Superintendent of the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, raised over £6,000 and opened this Home free of debt Nov.8.1924”
The library catalogue includes the description: Warrawee, the building depicted, is located in the suburb of Grange, Adelaide, South Australia, and was purchased in 1950 as seaside accommodation for holidaying inland children, particularly Aboriginal children. From 1953 Warrawee also operated as a hostel for inland children studying in Adelaide. With the creation of the Far…
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