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Holy Cross entry/despatch section of laundry building

This image is from page 144 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse in Queensland institutions and the image is an Inquiry photograph. The Holy Cross laundry was located on the same site as the Holy Cross Home and Holy Cross Retreat.

Rockhampton Receiving Depot c.1913

This image was included in Annual report of the Director of the State Children Department for the year 1913.

Plans to Restore Victorian Home

This is a copy of an article from the Courier Mail.

Landmark Home for Sale

This newspaper article reports on the decision by the Uniting Church to sell the property formerly known as W. R. Black Home.

Blackheath

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

BoysTown Timeline

This is a copy of a timeline produced in 2013, showing the administrative history of the BoysTown organisation. In 2016, the organisation changed its name to yourtown.

Memorial plaque for Margaret Marr Memorial Home

This is an image of a plaque that is part of the memorial to the Margaret Marr Memorial Home. The plaque gives a short history of the Home, including a description of the occupation of the Home by R.A.A.F. Radar Station No.23 from 1942 to 1945. The plaque was installed on 14 May 1995.