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“Hillside,” Randwick. Home for mothers with their babies. [rear view]

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the State Children Relief Board Report for the year ended 5 April, 1914. The image shows the back of the building where the Hillside Home for Mothers and Babies operated.

Inasmuch [‘Washing Day’]

This is a digital copy of an image that appeared in the article ‘Angel of Mercy now has own family’ in The Australian Women’s Weekly on 24 December 1958.

Inasmuch [‘Lizzie’]

This is a digital copy of an image that appeared in the article ‘Angel of Mercy now has own family’ in The Australian Women’s Weekly on 24 December 1958. The original caption reads ‘”Lizzie”, the home’s 1928 model car, holds all the children when the Major takes them for outings.’

“Hillside,” Randwick. Home for mothers with their babies.

This is a copy of an image that appeared in the State Children Relief Board Report for the year ended 5 April, 1914. The image shows the front of the building where the Hillside Home for Mothers and Babies operated.

Inasmuch [‘Room to Play’]

This is a digital copy of an image that appeared in the article ‘Angel of Mercy now has own family’ in The Australian Women’s Weekly on 24 December 1958. The original caption reads ‘Room to play, fresh air, sunshine, good food, and plenty of love is Major Townsend’s recipe for raising healthy and happy “citizens…

Inasmuch

This is a digital copy of an image that appeared in the article ‘Angel of Mercy now has own family’ in The Australian Women’s Weekly on 24 December 1958.

Inasmuch’s Major Townsend

This is a digital copy of an image that appeared in the Australian Women’s Weekly on 24 December 1958. The caption read: ‘The baby of the “Inasmuch”’ family, gives the Major a hug [altered from original caption].’

Carpentry class (Mt Penang)

This is a digital copy of a photograph from an album collected by Child Welfare Department officers in the late 1940s. From the collection of Leonie Knapman.

Mt Penang Training School for Boys – Mechanics Class

This is a digital copy of a photograph from an album collected by Child Welfare Department officers in the late 1940s. From the collection of Leonie Knapman.

Berry Training Farm – distant view

This is a digital copy of a photograph from an album collected by Child Welfare Department officers in the late 1940s. From the collection of Leonie Knapman.