Orphanage Children's Home School 1918
Orphanage Children's Home history must be recognised!
Throughout the city of Ballarat there were over fifteen institutions Ballarat Benevolent Asylum ,Female Refuge, Alexandra Babies Toddlers , Ballarat District Orphan Asylum, Ballarat Orphanage, Ballarat Children's Home , Nazareth House and St Joseph's Home just to name a few .
Many of plaques , photos , objects and memorabilia are scatted. from the former Ballarat Orphanage Children's Home the school would have made an ideal Goldfield of Institutions Museum , with its L shape design inside along with four large class rooms would comfortably house all of its history and anything associated with institutional life under the one roof. The history of Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generation and Former Child Migrants, a museum like this would give the community and wider a better understanding of its history which needs to be shared seen not forgotten or hidden away.
The big question now is what's going to happen to all the plaques, items and materials removed from the site ?
Past residents would like to see all plaques,items and materials be returned to the site as part of the redevelopment lets hope the developers are too thinking on the idea.
Many of plaques , photos , objects and memorabilia are scatted. from the former Ballarat Orphanage Children's Home the school would have made an ideal Goldfield of Institutions Museum , with its L shape design inside along with four large class rooms would comfortably house all of its history and anything associated with institutional life under the one roof. The history of Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generation and Former Child Migrants, a museum like this would give the community and wider a better understanding of its history which needs to be shared seen not forgotten or hidden away.
The big question now is what's going to happen to all the plaques, items and materials removed from the site ?
Past residents would like to see all plaques,items and materials be returned to the site as part of the redevelopment lets hope the developers are too thinking on the idea.
Ballarat Gold Museum
Ballarat Gold Museum holds a large collection of memorabilia from the Orphanage and Children's Home times , many past residents have visited the museum to look through their collection.
Explore online some of their collection here.
Explore online some of their collection here.