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The transformation of Hay: Dining and recreation room, and garden walk outside cabin block. Above: when taken over by the Department. Below: a few months later

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1962.

A broadcast in preparation at station 2DA, Daruk Training School

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1961.

In the metal-work room at Daruk

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1961.

Children at play, Corelli

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1959.

Clairvaux boys on their way to a game of football. The playing fields below are part of the Clairvaux grounds

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1969.

Spacious lawns and gardens provide a delightful setting for Clairvaux, the new establishment for intellectually handicapped boys [original caption]

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1969.

Castle Hill House

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1959.

The boys from Castle Hill House leave for school

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1961.

Posture chairs and sandbags help the physical development of handicapped babies – a scene in one of the sunny courtyards featured in the design of Brush Farm Infants Home [original caption]

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the Child Welfare Department of New South Wales Annual Report of 1970.

Brush Farm

This is a scan of an image from the cover of a 1978 NSW Treasury report into the costs of building and maintaining NSW Child Welfare Department buildings. It was chosen to illustrate the structure as an example of modern architecture.