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Warilda Children’s Home at Wooloowin operated by the Queensland Government

This image is from page 90 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland Institutions and the image is an Inquiry photograph.

BoysTown residential care facility (Beaudesert) (1999)

This image is from page 75 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland institutions and the image is an Inquiry photograph.

Entrance to BoysTown (de La Salle Brothers) (1999)

This image is from page 74 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland institutions and the image is an Inquiry photograph.

St Vincent’s Convent, Nudgee, operated by Brisbane Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy – Inquiry photograph

This image is from page 62 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland Institutions and the image is an Inquiry photograph.

Inquiry staff and police on site inspection

This image is from page 4 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland institutions and the image is an Inquiry photograph. It shows commissioners and staff visiting the former site of a children’s institution.

Test Site [St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol]

This image has the caption: An image of Neerkol orphanage where, according to documents, children were used to test vaccines. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Institutions mentioned by witnesses [to the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Queensland Institutions]

This is a figure that was published on p.8 of the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Queensland Institutions, to represent the extent to which institutions were mentioned in evidence during the Inquiry.

Up to 100 children slept in large dormitories at St Joseph’s, Neerkol

This image was published in the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions as Photograph 5.4 It states its source as courtesy of Neerkol witness. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Musgrave House

This image of Musgrave House, site of the Lady Musgrave Sanitorium for Sick Children, was previously published on the website of the Queensland Heritage Register.

Playroom, Red Cross Home

This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate. The following description is included in the library catalogue: Children playing at the Red Cross Home in Margate.