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“Cicada” – Home for Mothers and Babies, Croydon

This is a digital copy of a picture that appeared in the State Children Relief Board Report for the year ended 5 April, 1912.

“Quipolli” the girls’ home at Leura

This is a copy of an image published in The Australian Women’s Weekly on Saturday 2 September 1933. The image shows the building of the Quipolli Children’s Home and was included in the article Where children receive their natural heritage.

International Women’s Day, 1974. Women’s liberationists storm the roof at the Bidura Shelter for Girls in Glebe

This image was contributed to The Dictionary of Sydney by the Australian History Museum at Macquarie University.

Deaconess Children’s Home from front

This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Department of Public Instruction, Sydney

Entrance to the Department of Public Instruction Building, Sydney. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.