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Sketch of Scheyville Training Farm, by B. Wiltshire, Designing Architect in Charge

This is a sketch of the proposed Scheyville Training Farm. It shows four large single-storey buildings arranged around a central quadrangle and surrounded by farmland.

[Meal time at Scheyville Training Farm]

This is a photograph of boys in the dining hall at Scheyville Training Farm in 1926. It shows approximately 50 teenage boys seated around 6 large trestle tables eating a meal. They are inside a moderately sized, uninsulated weatherboard hall. A staff member in a white coat stands at the back of the hall. The…

Teenage and child immigrants from Great Britain brought out by the Big Brother Movement on the P & O Liner Canberra, 10 October 1963

This is a digital copy of an acetate negative taken by Mulligan, J. A. The image is held in the John Mulligan photograph collection, ca. 1960-1976, at the National Library of Australia.

Immigration – Child migration schemes – Big Brother Movement farm near Liverpool, New South Wales

This image shows boys near the lake at Karmsley Hills.

Girls at Kamballa, 1975

This is a digital copy of an image that appeared in the Sunday Sun-Herald on 4 November 2012. In the Sunday Sun-Herald article, this photograph is captioned “‘Inmates’ of the Parramatta Girls Home”. However, information from former residents and the date of this photograph confirms that this was taken at Kamballa, in 1975, after Parramatta…

Main Building – Ground floor Admin and children’s recreation area

This is a copy of an image from the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation archives collection. This image shows the outside of the main building at Our Lady of Mercy Home, Waitara.

Waitara Old Chapel

This is a copy of an image from the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation archives collection. This image shows the inside of the Waitara Old Chapel at Our Lady of Mercy Home, Waitara.

Waitara Mercy Block and Nursery

This is a copy of an image from the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation archives collection. This image shows the outside of the Waitara Mercy Block and Nursery at Our Lady of Mercy Home, Waitara.

McAuley Mothercraft Nursing Home, before 1978

This is a copy of an image from the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation archives collection. This image shows the outside of the McAuley Mothercraft Nursing Home at Our Lady of Mercy Home, Waitara.

Waitara Kindergarten building

This is a copy of an image from the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation archives collection. This image shows the outside of the Kindergarten at Our Lady of Mercy Home, Waitara.