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McBride Hospital, Medindie

The library description states: Opening of McBride Maternity Hospital, formerly “The Briars”, home of George C. Hawker, view taken in January, 1914.

Barton Vale Home

This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

An album of photographs mostly from Point Pearce and Koonibba, South Australia

This images shows the buildings of Koonibba Children’s Home. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Kate Cocks Babies Home

This image was included in the Finding Your Own Way guide, Section 6. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Vaughan House Remand Home, Enfield

The library description states: External view of Vaughan House Remand Home, prior to its closure. According to a researcher, these rooms were the back end of the house and you were able to talk to each other across the yard. Some of the rooms were occupied by children that were not allowed into the main…

Struan

This image shows Straun Farm School. The library description states: Exterior views of the double storey farm school with square tower, return veranda, quoin stonework and arched entrance portico.

Children waiting for a ride on a merry-go-round

The library description states: Children with adults waiting for a ride on a merry-go-round during a fete held at Goodwood Orphanage.

South Australian views: album

This image is of the Boys’ Reformatory, Magill and the Boys Reformatory, Magill.

Destitute Asylum and Police Barracks

The library description states: A family poses for the photographer in front of the Mounted Police Barracks Armoury (on the right) and the Colonial Store (or Destitute Asylum), on the left. (For site see map of Adelaide in 1871 Almanack.) These buildings face south and are about 120 yards north of North Terrace. The extreme…

Children outside the Goodwood Orphanage

The library description states: Children of the St.Vincent de Paul’s Orphanage (Sisters of Mercy) and their priest photographed at the entrance to the orphanage building on Goodwood Road, Goodwood, South Australia.