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Photograph – 261 Charles Street – Te Aro Villa, original South Launceston School, 1882, principal Mrs A Gye.

This is an image of Te Aro Villa at 261 Charles Street, Launceston, which, between 1895 and 1896, housed the Salvation Army Rescue Home. The photograph shows an ornate, two-storey house with a steep pitched roof. There is a sign in front of the house which reads “Launceston Wesleyan Chapel”.

Calisthenic exercises, Mt St Canice, Hobart, c.1950

This is a copy of an image published in the book, Pitch your tents on distant shores (2010)