This description was supplied with the photograph and included in the library website: Originally the residence of the late J. W. Sutton, purchased by W. R. Black and opened on 24 November 1928 as the Presbyterian Home for Children.
This image was copied and digitised from an image appearing in The Queenslander, 12 March, 1921, page, 19.
This is a photograph of the clock tower at St. Huberts Vineyard, Coldstream, taken around 1950. It shows the clock tower. It had previously been part of the Church of England Boys Society Training Farm at Yering, also known as St. Huberts Training Farm. According to the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum this clock tower was…
This is an image of ‘Ashleigh’, a large house in Widford Street, Glenroy which housed the Salvation Army Glenroy Girls’ Home from 1902 to 1915. The house was later renamed ‘Sunnilands’.
This image was copied and digitised from an image appearing in The Queenslander, 12 March, 1921, page, 19. The Library description states: Children dressed in uniforms and hats are singing on the verandah of Alexandra Home, Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland. Double pillars and decorative iron work ballustrading are visible on the front of the verandah.
This is a copy of an image published in the book, Pitch your tents on distant shores (2010)
This is an image of the Glenroy Girls’ Home, run by the Salvation Army. This image shows at least 40 girls, all dressed in white pinafores, standing on the upper verandah of the home, which is a very large, ornate, two-storey house. More girls, similarly dressed, sit on the lawn in front of the house,…
This image is an engraving of the Melbourne Protestant Orphan Asylum created by Arthur Willmore in 1862. It shows a large number of children accompanied by several adults sitting and standing in front of a large, ornate, stone building.
This is an interview with Pastor David Stevens (who started the Weerianna Hostel with his wife Margaret), and their daughter Ruth, who spent 10 years living at the hostel as a child. The interview took place in the week prior to the demolition of the Weerianna Hostel, and is a reflection of the hostel between…
This is a copy of a document from Child and Family Services Ballarat. It is a historical timeline of the Ballarat Orphanage and its previous and subsequent names, beginning in 1865, going up to 1994. The last page is a list of Superintendents and Secretary’s at the institution, from 1865 up to 1989.
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