'One Thousand White Onions': a history of caring for children since 1865

Publication Resource Details

Author
Davies, Shirley
Publication Date
2005
Publisher
Menzies Inc.
Place Published
Frankston

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Bathurst Island Mission Reports - Northern Territory (1910-1952)
Report by the Superintendent of Public Charities, 1910
Report by the Superintendent of Public Charities, 1910
I O O F orphanage (Wanslea)
I O O F orphanage (Wanslea)
Bindoon Boys' Home [Western Australia] [picture]
Flint House [New Town]
Test Site [St Joseph's Home, Neerkol]
Salvation Army Maternity Hospital in Newstead, ca. 1910
Salvation Army Maternity Hospital in Newstead, ca. 1910
General Report on Condition and Progress of the Westbrook Reformatory for Boys, 1910
General Report on Condition and Progress of the Westbrook Reformatory for Boys, 1910
Brisbane School of Arts, 1910
Brisbane School of Arts, 1910
Ashfield Infants' Home
Balmain Industrial School
Mater Dei Orphanage
St Anne's Orphanage
Church of England Children's Homes (Burwood)
Waiting for the Christmas Feast at the Ragged Boys Home and Mission, Latrobe Street, Melbourne
The Home on the Hill at the top of Olivers Hill
School No.4136 in the grounds of the Home staffed by members of the Education Department
Opening of the new wing at Frankston 1913
Melbourne Ragged Boys Home Cnr Latrobe Str and Exhibition St, Melbourne. Opened 1912
Matron and her charges at the Melbourne Ragged Boys Home
In 1901 Pine Villa was rented for three years and then purchased for &pound250
Holcombe at Frankston was purchased in 1922
Children at play at Williams Street
Boys smile for the cameras
Attractive flats for homeless young people [editor's note: this is the original caption]
Aerial view of Minton Boys Home, showing the extensive buildings at Olivers Hill
Administration office Frankston with Bob Walter who built replica Gateway and Fred Harcourt who built the original Gateway at Olivers Hill
A family group home at Karingal, later sold
1930s view of Olivers Hill showing the Minton Boys Home at the top of the hill
Ruby 12 months, Ivy 15 months, Elsie 16 months [editor's note: Livingstone Home]
Ruby 12 months, Ivy 15 months, Elsie 16 months [editor's note: Livingstone Home]
Kildonan, North Melbourne
Kildonan, North Melbourne
The Main Dining Hall, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick
The Main Dining Hall, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick
The Girls' Ward at the Catherine Hayees Hospital, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick
The Girls' Ward at the Catherine Hayees Hospital, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick
Children in the Quadrangle, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick
Children in the Quadrangle, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick
The Receiving House, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick
The Receiving House, Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick
St Vincents Orphanage Girls Dormitory, Queens Road Nudgee
St Vincents Orphanage Girls Dormitory, Queens Road Nudgee
Destitute Poor Department, South Australian Government (1849 - 1910)
Destitute Poor Department, South Australian Government (1849 - 1910)
Destitute Poor Department, South Australian Government (1849 - 1910)
Juvenile Delinquency (1850s - 1990s)
Juvenile Delinquency (1850s - 1990s)
Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1864 - 1910)
Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1864 - 1910)
Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1864 - 1910)
Latrobe St Ragged School and Mission (1865 - 1895)
Diamantina Orphanage (1865 - 1910)
Diamantina Orphanage (1865 - 1910)
Diamantina Orphanage (1865 - 1910)
Diamantina Orphanage (1865 - 1910)
Registers of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaol, Launceston (1867 - 1910)
Registers of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaol, Launceston (1867 - 1910)
Correspondence, Female Refuge and Infants Home (1875? - 1910?)
Correspondence, Female Refuge and Infants Home (1875? - 1910?)
Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum (1878 - 1910)
Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum (1878 - 1910)
Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum (1878 - 1910)
Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum (1878 - 1910)
Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum (1878 - 1910)
Public Instruction Department, Orphanages Branch, State Government of Queensland (2 October 1879 - 1 December 1911)
Child Rescue (c. 1880 - c. 1910)
Manly Industrial School and Orphanage (1881 - 1910)
Manly Industrial School and Orphanage (1881 - 1910)
Manly Industrial School and Orphanage (1881 - 1910)
Manly Industrial School and Orphanage (1881 - 1910)
Open All Night Refuge (c. 1882 - 1950s)
Open All Night Refuge (c. 1882 - 1950s)
Visitors' Book for Nautical School Ship "Vernon" (1886-1892) and "Sobraon" (1892-1910) (28 Feb 1886 - 15 Nov 1910)
St Margaret's Hospital (1894 - 1998)
St Margaret's Hospital (1894 - 1998)
Melbourne Ragged Boys' Home and Mission (1895 - 1924)
Home Secretary's Office (6 August 1896 - 5 December 1935)
Home Secretary's Office (6 August 1896 - 5 December 1935)
Burwood Maternity Home (1898 - 1910)
Burwood Maternity Home (1898 - 1910)
Burwood Maternity Home (1898 - 1910)
Burwood Maternity Home (1898 - 1910)
Burwood Maternity Home (1898 - 1910)
Card Index to Putative Fathers - Infant Life Protection (1900 - 1989)
Seaside Home, Frankston (1901 - 1924)
Girls' Probationary School (1901 - 1945)
Girls' Probationary School (1901 - 1945)
Girls' Probationary School (1901 - 1945)
Girls' Probationary School (1901 - 1945)
The Open Door (1903 - 1922)
The Open Door (1903 - 1922)
Salvation Army Girls' Home, Kalgoorlie (1904? - 1924?)
Salvation Army Girls' Home, Kalgoorlie (1904? - 1924?)
Government Agricultural Farm, Scheyville (1905 - 1940)
Government Agricultural Farm, Scheyville (1905 - 1940)
Government Agricultural Farm, Scheyville (1905 - 1940)
Singleton Home (1905 - 1910)
Singleton Home (1905 - 1910)
Singleton Home (1905 - 1910)
Singleton Home (1905 - 1910)
Glen Dhu Babies' Home (c. 1905 - 1911)
Mater Misericordiae Hospital (1906 - 1982)
Mater Misericordiae Hospital (1906 - 1982)
Sutherland Homes for Children (1908 - 1991)
Dulhi Gunyah (25 February 1909 - 1918)
Dulhi Gunyah (25 February 1909 - 1918)
Wattle Day Appeal (c. 1910 - c. 1975)
Wattle Day Appeal (c. 1910 - c. 1975)
Aborigines Act 1910, Victoria (1910 - 1915)
Aborigines Act 1910, Victoria (1910 - 1915)
Aborigines Act 1910, Victoria (1910 - 1915)
Aborigines Act 1910, Victoria (1910 - 1915)
Aborigines Act 1910, Victoria (1910 - 1915)
Child Saving Council (1910 - 1912)
Child Saving Council (1910 - 1912)
Child Saving Council (1910 - 1912)
Child Saving Council (1910 - 1912)
Child Saving Council (1910 - 1912)
Records of Uniting - Connections (adoptions and out-of-home care) (1910 - 2020)
Records of Uniting - Connections (adoptions and out-of-home care) (1910 - 2020)
Records of Uniting - Connections (adoptions and out-of-home care) (1910 - 2020)
Records of Uniting - Connections (adoptions and out-of-home care) (1910 - 2020)
Records of Uniting - Connections (adoptions and out-of-home care) (1910 - 2020)
The 'John Murray' Training Ship (1910 - 1918)
The 'John Murray' Training Ship (1910 - 1918)
The 'John Murray' Training Ship (1910 - 1918)
The 'John Murray' Training Ship (1910 - 1918)
The 'John Murray' Training Ship (1910 - 1918)
The 'John Murray' Training Ship (1910 - 1918)
Monte Pio Orphanage (1910 - 1973)
Monte Pio Orphanage (1910 - 1973)
Monte Pio Orphanage (1910 - 1973)
Monte Pio Orphanage (1910 - 1973)
Monte Pio Orphanage (1910 - 1973)
Monte Pio Orphanage (1910 - 1973)
Mater Dei Orphanage (1910 - 1957)
Mater Dei Orphanage (1910 - 1957)
Mater Dei Orphanage (1910 - 1957)
Mater Dei Orphanage (1910 - 1957)
Mater Dei Orphanage (1910 - 1957)
Mater Dei Orphanage (1910 - 1957)
Balmain Industrial School (1910 - 1924)
Balmain Industrial School (1910 - 1924)
Balmain Industrial School (1910 - 1924)
Balmain Industrial School (1910 - 1924)
Balmain Industrial School (1910 - 1924)
Balmain Industrial School (1910 - 1924)
Hopeleigh Maternity Home (c. 1910 - 1956)
Hopeleigh Maternity Home (c. 1910 - 1956)
Hopeleigh Maternity Home (c. 1910 - 1956)
Hopeleigh Maternity Home (c. 1910 - 1956)
Commonwealth Street Mission (1910s - 1970s)
Commonwealth Street Mission (1910s - 1970s)
Commonwealth Street Mission (1910s - 1970s)
Commonwealth Street Mission (1910s - 1970s)
Commonwealth Street Mission (1910s - 1970s)
Commonwealth Street Mission (1910s - 1970s)
Confinement books, Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies (1910 - 1978)
Confinement books, Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies (1910 - 1978)
Confinement books, Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies (1910 - 1978)
Confinement books, Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies (1910 - 1978)
Confinement books, Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies (1910 - 1978)
Dr. Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children records and pictorial material, 1910-1983 (1910 - 1983)
Dr. Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children records and pictorial material, 1910-1983 (1910 - 1983)
Dr. Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children records and pictorial material, 1910-1983 (1910 - 1983)
Dr. Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children records and pictorial material, 1910-1983 (1910 - 1983)
Dr. Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children records and pictorial material, 1910-1983 (1910 - 1983)
Sydney Home for Babies (1910 - 1911)
Sydney Home for Babies (1910 - 1911)
Sydney Home for Babies (1910 - 1911)
Sydney Home for Babies (1910 - 1911)
Sydney Home for Babies (1910 - 1911)
Sydney Home for Babies (1910 - 1911)
Singleton Aboriginal Children's Home (1910 - 1920)
Singleton Aboriginal Children's Home (1910 - 1920)
Singleton Aboriginal Children's Home (1910 - 1920)
Singleton Aboriginal Children's Home (1910 - 1920)
Singleton Aboriginal Children's Home (1910 - 1920)
Singleton Aboriginal Children's Home (1910 - 1920)
Singleton Aboriginal Children's Home (1910 - 1920)
Rabbit Island Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1917?)
Rabbit Island Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1917?)
Rabbit Island Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1917?)
Rabbit Island Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1917?)
Rabbit Island Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1917?)
Rabbit Island Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1917?)
Queen Alexandra Home for Children (1910 - 1960)
Queen Alexandra Home for Children (1910 - 1960)
Queen Alexandra Home for Children (1910 - 1960)
Queen Alexandra Home for Children (1910 - 1960)
Queen Alexandra Home for Children (1910 - 1960)
Queen Alexandra Home for Children (1910 - 1960)
Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home (1910 - 1962)
Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home (1910 - 1962)
Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home (1910 - 1962)
Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home (1910 - 1962)
Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home (1910 - 1962)
Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1938)
Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1938)
Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1938)
Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1938)
Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1938)
Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1938)
Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1938)
Register of Applicants, Rockhampton Receiving Depot (21 February 1910 - 3 January 1959)
UnitingCare Queensland Records (1910 - )
UnitingCare Queensland Records (1910 - )
UnitingCare Queensland Records (1910 - )
UnitingCare Queensland Records (1910 - )
UnitingCare Queensland Records (1910 - )
Destitute Persons' Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1927)
Destitute Persons' Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1927)
Destitute Persons' Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1927)
Destitute Persons' Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1927)
Quambi Nursing Home (1910? - 1950?)
Quambi Nursing Home (1910? - 1950?)
Quambi Nursing Home (1910? - 1950?)
Omaru Receiving Home (1910? - 1968)
Omaru Receiving Home (1910? - 1968)
Omaru Receiving Home (1910? - 1968)
Omaru Receiving Home (1910? - 1968)
Omaru Receiving Home (1910? - 1968)
Omaru Receiving Home (1910? - 1968)
Overseas League (1910 - )
Overseas League (1910 - )
Register of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaols other than at Hobart (1910 - 1937)
Register of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaols other than at Hobart (1910 - 1937)
Register of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaols other than at Hobart (1910 - 1937)
Register of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaols other than at Hobart (1910 - 1937)
Register of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaols other than at Hobart (1910 - 1937)
The Public Health Amendment Act 1910, Tasmania (1910 - 1935)
The Public Health Amendment Act 1910, Tasmania (1910 - 1935)
The Public Health Amendment Act 1910, Tasmania (1910 - 1935)
The Public Health Amendment Act 1910, Tasmania (1910 - 1935)
The Public Health Amendment Act 1910, Tasmania (1910 - 1935)
Moola Bulla Station (1910 - 1955)
Moola Bulla Station (1910 - 1955)
Moola Bulla Station (1910 - 1955)
Moola Bulla Station (1910 - 1955)
Moola Bulla Station (1910 - 1955)
Moola Bulla Station (1910 - 1955)
Anglican Diocese of North West Australia (1910 - )
Anglican Diocese of North West Australia (1910 - )
Anglican Diocese of North West Australia (1910 - )
Anglican Diocese of North West Australia (1910 - )
Anglican Diocese of North West Australia (1910 - )
Anglican Diocese of North West Australia (1910 - )
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1910 - 1910)
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1910 - 1910)
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1910 - 1910)
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1910 - 1910)
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1910 - 1910)
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1910 - 1910)
Chief Protector of Aborigines, Northern Territory, South Australian Government (1910 - 1910)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Act 1910, Northern Territory (1910 - 1918)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Act 1910, Northern Territory (1910 - 1918)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Act 1910, Northern Territory (1910 - 1918)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Act 1910, Northern Territory (1910 - 1918)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Act 1910, Northern Territory (1910 - 1918)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1928)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1928)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1928)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1928)
Northern Territory Aboriginals Department, South Australian Government (1910 - 1928)
The Plymouth Brethren Mission (1910 - 1912)
The Plymouth Brethren Mission (1910 - 1912)
The Plymouth Brethren Mission (1910 - 1912)
The Plymouth Brethren Mission (1910 - 1912)
The Plymouth Brethren Mission (1910 - 1912)
The Plymouth Brethren Mission (1910 - 1912)
Bathurst Island Mission Reports - Northern Territory (1910 - 1952)
Bathurst Island Mission Reports - Northern Territory (1910 - 1952)
Bathurst Island Mission Reports - Northern Territory (1910 - 1952)
Bathurst Island Mission Reports - Northern Territory (1910 - 1952)
Bathurst Island Mission Reports - Northern Territory (1910 - 1952)
Rabbit, Peat and Milson Island Mental Hospital records, State Archives NSW (1910 - 1980)
Stockton Hospital records, State Archives NSW (1910 - 1956)
Card Index to Children's Admissions/Case History - Infant Life Protection (1910 - 1980)
Card Index to Children's Admissions/Case History - Infant Life Protection (1910 - 1980)
Indexes to State Children's Allowances (1910 - 1914)
Indexes to State Children's Allowances (1910 - 1914)
Bathurst Island Mission (1911 - 1974)
Minton Boys Home (1924 - 1943)
The Menzies Home for Boys (1943 - 1961)
The Menzies Home for Children (1961 - 2000)
Menzies Inc. (2000 - )

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