This two-storey building was constructed c.1884. Before the building at 187 Scott Parade was built for the Alexandra Babies’ Home (later known as the Alexandra Toddlers’ Home), babies and their mothers were accommodated at this site.
This single storey building at 187 Scott Parade was constructed in 1909 for the Alexandra Babies’ Home (later known as the Alexandra Toddlers’ Home). Previously, babies and their mothers were accommodated at the two-storey building at 183 Scott Parade (the former Ballarat Female Refuge). It would seem that babies and toddlers were accommodated in both…
This image shows the Church of England Mission House.
Spring Street – west side, near corner with Little Lonsdale Street, showing Church of England Mission House
This building was once the first Mission House of the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name.
This is an image of the St Vincent’s Boys’ Home “Build A Boy” donation box.
This is a photograph of the Berry Street Foundling Home donation box, with “Please, Help the Babies” written on the lid.
This is an image of the Foundation Stone of the Foundling Hospital and Infants Home. The inscription reads: Foundling Hospital and Infants Home. This stone was laid by Lady Talbot, wife of the Governor of Victoria, to commemorate the opening of the Foundling Wing, 14th September 1905.
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