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Children in the nursery – “Turana”

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

Home of Hope, Ocean Grove

This sketch is published in A.J. Campbell’s Tourists’ Guide to Geelong and the South Watering Places, published in 1893. The caption reads: ‘One of the most interesting buildings here is “Hopetoun Cottage”, belonging to the Homes of Hope conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Cherbury in Collingwood, and used as a Sanatorium for the rescued children…

Baptist Tabernacle [editor’s note: Sackville Street, Collingwood]

This is an image of the Tabernacle in Sackville Street, Collingwood, which was the base for Rev. Cherbury, founder of the first Home of Hope.

Dhurringile Rural Training Farm for Orphan Migrant Boys via Murchison Victoria

A copy of what appears to be the first part of a fundraising letter sent out by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria.

Budding farmers [editor’s note: Methodist Homes for Children]

This is an image of Methodist Homes for Children published in the pamphlet, Furnishings of love (1938). The caption reads: ‘Budding Farmers’.

Smiles on the slide [editor’s note: Methodist Homes for Children]

This is an image of Methodist Homes for Children published in the pamphlet, Furnishings of love (1938). The caption reads: ‘Smiles on the Slide’.

Fun on the swings [editor’s note: Methodist Homes for Children]

This is an image of Methodist Homes for Children published in the pamphlet, Furnishings of love (1938). The caption reads: ‘Fun on the swings’.

Children at tea [editor’s note: Methodist Homes for Children]

This is an image of Methodist Homes for Children published in the pamphlet, Furnishings of love (1938). The caption reads: ‘Children at Tea. State School in the Background.’

The gates of the Home [editor’s note: site of the Methodist Homes for Children]

This is an image of Methodist Homes for Children, published in the pamphlet, Furnishings of love (1938). The caption reads: ‘The Gates of the Home. The gift of Mrs H.R. Rush and Mrs A.E. Pizzey.’

Methodist Homes for Children, Cheltenham

This is an image of Methodist Homes for Children, published in the pamphlet, Furnishings of love (1938)