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Presbyterian Babies Home, Lansdowne Street, East Melbourne, with Scotch College Chapel in background

Extensive historical notes on verso of backing sheet: Melbourne is well served by her institutions for the care of orphan children. Here are some of the inmates of the Presbyterian Babies Home in Lansdowne Street, East Melbourne. The chapel in the background of the picture is that of Scotch College, which for many years was…

Convict Hulk Success at Williamstown

The former prison hulk HM Success was the site of a reformatory for boys.

Melbourne Orphan Asylum

This 4 page digitised document is an appeal for benefactors to donate to the Melbourne Orphanage.

Melbourne Orphan Asylum, Fifteenth Annual Report

This 22 page digitised document is a copy of the Melbourne Orphan Asylum’s Annual Report for 1866.