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Former Carlton Refuge, Keppel St

The Victorian Heritage Database has an entry about the Queen Elizabeth Maternal and Child Health Centre (which occupied the former site of the Carlton Refuge from 1951). The entry in the Heritage Database discusses the significance of the site and has several pictures of the remaining buildings from Carlton Refuge.

The Premier, the Hon. H.E. Bolte, discusses ‘Moonyah’ Family Group Home at Coburg with Cottage Mother, Catherine Kurth

This is a copy of an image published in the annual report for the Victorian Children’s Welfare Department for 1957.

Play time, ‘Sutton Grange’

This is a copy of an image published in the annual report for the Victorian Children’s Welfare Department for 1957.

Hobbies at ‘Billabong’ – Turana

This is a copy of an image published in the annual report for the Victorian Children’s Welfare Department for 1957.

Section of the new kindergarten – ‘Turana’

This is a copy of an image published in the annual report for the Victorian Children’s Welfare Department for 1957.

TV in a foster home, where three of our wards are sharing in a very happy family life

This is a copy of an image published in the annual report for the Victorian Children’s Welfare Department for 1957. The title is original to the report.

A cottage group – “Turana”

This is a copy of an image published in the annual report for the Victorian Children’s Welfare Department for 1956.