This is a digital copy of a photograph of St Vincent de Paul’s Children’s Home. It is published in the book Holding on to hope (2004) with the following caption: ‘The double-story, red brick building, constructed on an elevated site close to the beach in 1938, originally functioned as a convent and holiday home. It…
This is an aerial photograph showing the site of the Lockhart River mission. It shows a clearing of land at the base of Bare Hill (near the Lockhart River) with two rows of buildings at the rear of the site, another smaller of group of buildings to the right of these, and a couple of…
This is an image of two of the mission houses at Umeewarra Mission. It shows two tin-roof, tin-clad buildings with boarded up windows. The photo has been taken from behind a chain-link fence. This image was published by ABC News in an article reporting on the decision to postpone the demolition of the buildings following…
This is a video of a song called ‘Momma’ by Leanne Hawkins. The video features Leanne revisiting the site of St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst, where her mother was placed in 1942, and St Michael’s Church of England War Memorial Children’s Home in Kelso, where Leanne and her sister were placed in 1966.
This is an image of the Montrose Home for Crippled Children at Taringa. It shows a large single-storey house with enclosed front verandahs and a large double staircase leading to the front from the driveway. This image is undated, the date included is an estimate
This is a sketch of the Cape Bedford Mission at Elim made by Pastor Poland, a missionary at Cape Bedford Mission. The description provided by the State Library of Queensland reads: “Pastor Poland depicting the arrangements of buildings at the Elim Mission. Elim was settled north of Hope Valley but was found to be too…
This is an image of missionary Poland’s house at the Cape Bedford mission. The caption on the image reads “The Poland home at Elim which also served as school and church”. The State Library of Queensland’s description of this image reads “W. Poland came to join Schwarz at the Cape Bedford Reserve and stayed until…
This is an image of the exterior of the Corinda Infant’s Home. It shows a large two-storey wood-clad house with a front verandah and stair-case leading to the elevated entrance. It is surrounded by a simple fence of wooden posts and wire. This image was published in the Queenslander Pictorial, a supplementary publication to The…
This is an image of a dormitory at the Corinda Infants’ Home. It shows approximately 10 empty cots lined up along the walls of what appears to be an enclosed or converted verandah. The only other furnishings in the room are two small tables, each with a vase of flowers on top. This image was…
This is an image of the Duncan Infants’ Home at Coorparoo. It shows a large two-storey house with wrap-around verandahs. There are three women standing at the front of the house with a number of babies. This image was published in The Week on 3 June 1921 with the caption “Babies’ Home, Coorparoo. Formerly the…
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