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Apology and address from the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd MP

This image was included on the Forgotten Australians – Our History website, on the Apology page.

Former child migrants: Jon Holmes, John Merrigan and Maurice Crawford-Raby

This image was included on the Forgotten Australians – Our History website, on the Apology page.

Former St Martin’s House, 20 Balwyn Road, Canterbury

This is an image of St Martin’s House, which was located next door to ‘Shrublands’, the mansion where St John’s Home for Boys and Girls was located. The building where St Martin’s House was located was demolished in the early 2000s.

Kildonan – Xmas 1951

This is a copy of an image of an empty classroom at Kildonan.

Kildonan – Xmas 1951

This is a copy of an image of an empty dormitory at Kildonan.

View of the front of Pleasant Creek Special School, Stawell

This is a copy of a photograph from the collection of Department of Health and Human Services

Turana

This is a copy of an image published in a 2017 history of The Brosnan Centre. It has the caption: ‘Turana Youth Training Centre in Parkville, now known as Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre’. The image shows a sign that reads: ‘Turana. Enquiries. Social Welfare Department, Youth Welfare Division’.

Four Flats Hostel, Power Street, Hawthorn

This is a copy of an image that was published in a 2017 history of the Brosnan Centre. It had the caption: ‘The original r esidence at 56 Power Street, Hawthorn, where the Brosnan Centre was established in 1977.’

Bendigo Orphanage, West Elevation

This is a copy of a plan in the Bates, Smart, McCutcheon collection at the University of Melbourne Archives, for Bendigo Orphanage (Convent of the Good Shepherd, Bendigo).