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- A Photographer Northcote, Australia
- A Organisation Depicted Northcote, Australia
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Negative - Little Sisters of the Poor Convent, Northcote, Victoria, 1893
Reg. No: MM 8209
- Summary:
- View of Little Sisters of the Poor Convent and Home for the elderly, St George's Road, Northcote, 1893
Photograph taken by Thomas Beckett. Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. - Description Of Content:
- The Convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
- Acquisition Information:
- Copied from T. Beckett, 1990
- Acknowledgement:
- The Biggest Family Album of Australia, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | convents |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett (1859-1937), The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection |
| Primary Classification: | RELIGIONS |
| Secondary Classification: | Christianity - Roman Catholic |
| Organisations Depicted: | Little Sisters of The Poor Convent |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 35 mm |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Photographer: | Dr Thomas Beckett, Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Organisation Depicted: | Little Sisters of the Poor, Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
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what was the main reason children would have been sent here for during that time?
The convent of The Little Sisters of the Poor, according to the history provided on their website, have always made it their mission to care for the elderly and infirm.
http://www.littlesistersofthepoor.org.au/#!our-life/vstc16=melbourne/vstc10=our-history
There are a number of reasons why children were housed in state and Catholic care. For general information on the history of children in state or Catholic care in Australia in the first half of the 20th century—many of them now referred to under the title of “Forgotten Australians”—see: http://www.forgottenaustralians.org.au/ or http://nma.gov.au/blogs/inside/.
“Find and Connect Victoria” is an online initiative of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to assist people in locating former children’s homes. The website contains a wealth of information on Catholic organisations and care providers active in Victoria from the 20th century: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/vic/browse_c_function.htm#F000001.
You may be able to find the organisation in which you were housed in the 1960s on here.