This photograph was taken at Northcote Training Farm school, Glenmore, Victoria. It shows a boy (presumably a resident of the training farm) on horseback with cattle on a farm.
This is a panoramic photgraph of the Melbourne Orphanage site at Brighton. It shows the main orphanage building in the centrer of the image, with two further buildings on each side. All buildings are tw-storey bluestone buildings. The central building is the most ornate, with a central spire and many large windows. There are ornate…
This is an image of the Murrumbeena Girls’ Home. The description provided for this image by Stonnington Libraries reads: “Belgrave was built in 1873 for Robert and Elizabeth Benson on 14 acres (5.6 hectares) of pasture land at the corner of Dandenong Road and Benson’s Road (Belgrave Road). For further information on Belgrave and its…
This 1-page digitised document is an extract from a register created by the Scots’ Church Neglected Children’s Aid Society.
This 1-page digitised document is an extract from the annual report of the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum for the year 1866.
The inscription reads: Presented to Miss Sutherland, by a few of the girls whose lives have been blessed through her loving labours in connection with the Scots’ Church Children’s Aid Society as a small token of their heartfelt gratitude and esteem. Melbourne, August 23rd 1886. The bible contains some press clippings, presumably kept there by…
This image shows a blank Admittance Form, used by the Foundling Hospital and Infants’ Home. Typical information recorded about an infant in its Admittance Form included: Name of child; Date of admission; Details of parents or guardian. The institution used this format, with Admittance Forms bound in a ‘red book’, from 1940 to 1974. Typical…
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