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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BAGGALEY COLLECTION: SERIES OF FAMILY B&W PHOTOS, 1954
Five B&W family photographs 3a Holden photograph with woman driver 3b family group of three, Horrie, David & June Dated 1954 3c two teenagers on motorcycle - Leigh Campbell (18 years) and Bill Campbell (16 years) 3d Luxton wedding family group (bride and groom, two bridesmaids, two groomsmen, & two mothers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
Sepia photograph of a family. The mother & father are sitting on wooden chairs. The father is wearing a three piece suit and watch chain and has a young boy on his knee. The mother is wearing a dark dress, below knee length, and hat. She is holding a baby. Written on the back: Dear Kath & Harry, How are you all down there. All are well here. Am sending you a photo of the family group. Hoping all are well. Love from Nell.photograph, portrait, family, foster & wilson collection, photograph -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - WES HARRY COLLECTION: 6 POSTCARDS AND A PHOTO, 1904 - 09
Six assorted postcards depicting various themes, (a) very faded photograph of a hotel/guest house in a tropical setting (postmarked Singapore)., (b) group of seven women and two men posing on the deck of a ship., (c) Miss Doris Stocker., (d) Japanese girl in traditional dress., (e) Types of Australasian beauty - Classics., (f) photograph of an infant on her mothers knee, written to the side is ' after using hair restorer ' (see 2402.207 a )., (g) toddler with tight curly hair and wearing a white dress and shoespostcard, various themes -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GERTRUDE PERRY COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF GERTRUDE PERRY
Photograph. Black & white photograph of Gertrude Perry's Mother, Evaline Rosa Perry & Neville Crowther. On the back: Mum & Neville Crowther.person, group, personal/portrait, gertrude perry collection, perry evaline rosa, crowther neville -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MCVEY FAMILY
Four sepia Victorian period photocopy photographs of McVey family members. Located within Grenfell folder cat No 8433 . 1. Photocopy carte-de-visite photograph exposed by 'The Peoples Photographic Company' Jarrow. Group wearing Victorian period dress showing standing male beside two seated females plus one standing. Reverse biro caption reads Mr & Mrs Robert McVey. Jeanie 16y. Annie 12y. 2. Shoulder length sepia image of bearded male. Reverse biro caption reads, John McVey, lived in Bendigo. Mrs Fyfe's mother. 3. Seated full length sepia photocopy of woman in Victorian period dress. Small print below reads Bent, Photo, Sandhurst. Reverse biro caption reads, John McVey's wife-Barbara. 4. Sepia image of woman within cut-out oval clothed in Victorian period dress. Reverse biro caption reads, John & Barbara McVey's daughter Annie. - married James Fyfe of Bendigo.bendigo, history, mcvey family -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - W. G. DAHL PHOTO SERIES
W G Dahl series of nine photographs. Group photograph of mixed aged females dressed in white with suited males in foreground sitting on tarpaulin and against brick wall. Men and possibly ladies wearing labels. Possible label connection with Bendigo Miner's Association. W H Robinson, Bendigo photographer. Stamped W H Dahl, 79 Lansdowne Street, Blairgowrie, 3942, Phone 8861 on reverse not contemporary with photograph exposure. Biro ticked subject described in margin 'Second Top Row' Mum's Mother, possibly depicts W H Dahl grandmother. Front row males holding Gun Powder flask, .22 calibre single shot rifles, with muzzle loading pistol between feet of male second from left. Enlistment papers for William George Dahl. Dahl's had a hotel at Diamond Hill, Dahl's Hotel.bendigo, history, dahl family -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Garden City Senior Citizens Committee, 1964
... Thrupp 32 Gellibrand Rd Garden City (Rosie Bray's mother) Group ...Group photo Garden City Senior Citizens 1964 CommitteeRight hand last lady Daisy Thrupp 32 Gellibrand Rd Garden City (Rosie Bray's mother)societies clubs unions and other organisations, rosalie (rosie) thrupp robinson bray, daisy thrupp -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Nott Street School, 1890s
Postcard c1900 showing large group of children coming out of Nott Street School yard at rear of school, later known as 'girls' yard'. School shown in background. In lower left, 'State School Port Melbourne'. Message on back from son to mother in country after finding work at Swallow & AriellOn rear, handwritten letter to 'Dear Mum' and signed 'Percy'; in pencil $10built environment, education - primary schools, nott street state school -
Mount Evelyn History Group
Photo (framed) L Morrison, Seated portrait of Mrs Louisa Morrison nee Haag (?), c. 1940
This item was donated as a photograph of Louisa Morrison. Louisa (or Luisa) Rosanna Morrison nee Haag came from an early settler family in the farming community of Wandin. The woman photographed is in her old age. If this is indeed Louisa Morrison, the photograph would date from the early 1940s, since she died in 1946 at the age of 70. However the costume and the style of the photo suggest an earlier date, possibly the early 1900s. This could be Louisa's mother, Emma Martha Haynes, or mother-in-law Margaret (McNeil) Morrison. The woman is shown in a garden, probably because the family were farmers/orchardists. Louisa married Daniel McNeil Morrison, who was nine years her senior , in 1900. They had four children and farmed Morrisons' Orchard in Old Hereford Road, Mt Evelyn. The Morrison home was to become the important community house in Mt Evelyn, Morrison House. Morrison Reserve is part of their land, as was Yarra Hills Secondary College, Mt Evelyn Special Developmental School and the Reserve and Athletics facilities, including a tennis club. In 1981 the land title was changed to the Shire of Lillydale, who purchased the land and established the Morrison House Community House from 1976 (ie before they legally owned the land).This picture is of social significance as it is the only reputed picture of Louisa Morrison nee Haag.Brown round cornered frame with gold colour on inner frame. Painted plaster on frame chipped on top right. Coloured (painted) photograph of seated woman in upholstered chair with large brown cushion behind her. Garden setting. Black floor length dress, high necked, long sleeved. White cap on head. White cloth showing at neck.Bottom right hand corner, signature "F. RAPHAEL". Reverse: four inscriptions, one on each straight side, stamped in ink. Top: "MADE IN / AUSTRALIA". Right side: "THIS MOUNTING IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND / SELECTED WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS / GUARANTEED". Bottom: Table, 1 row, 2 columns. 1st cell: "STYLE / 1". 2ND CELL: "PRICE / 3 GNS". Left: box with 2 columns, 1 row. Left most column is divided horizontally into two, as is the 2nd column, but at a lower level. This creates four cells. Top left: "STYLE 1". Bottom left "PRICE 2 GNS". Top right: "TO BE SOLD AT PRICE MARKED OPPOSITE ONLY ON CONDITION THAT SAME IS MOUNTED ON ONE OF OUR SAMPLE STUDIES". Bottom left: "EMPIRE ART COMPANY LIMITED".louisa, morrison, haag, morrison house, farming, orchard, mt evelyn, photograph, wandin -
Ithacan Historical Society
Newspaper, Heptanesian Federation Celebration, May 1999
The photograph was taken outside the Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church East Melbourne following a celebratory eulogy marking the unification of the Heptanese (seven islands) with Greece in 1864. The Heptanese are located in Western Greece in the Ionian Sea. They include Kerkira, Zakinthos, Lefkada, Ithaca, Paxos, Kefallonia, and Kythera. The celebration is organised each year by Melbourne's Heptanesean Federation and commences with a celebratory church eulogy followed by afternoon tea and cultural activities at the host clubrooms. The women are dressed in traditional dress of each island .Ithaca (and the other islands of the Heptanese) were unified with Greece in 1864. From approx 1500 Ithaca was under centuries-long Venetian rule, which largely preserved it from becoming part of the Ottoman Empire, thus creating a distinct cultural identity with Venetian influences. Following a brief period in 1797 of French rule, Ithaca became a British protectorate from 1809 until 1864 followng which the island was reunified with the modern Greek state. Although Ithacans made up the largest number of Greek migrants who settled in Melbourne in the first half of the twentieth century, other Greeks from the neighbouring Ionian Islands also migrated to Australia during those years. In particular from Lefkada, and also from Kythera most of whom settled in regional towns in New South Wales and Queensland.A newspaper cutting mounted on white cardboard which includes a photograph taken in front of a brick building with a caption below in Greek. The photograph is of a celebration and features eight ladies dressed in Greek traditional dress in front of a group of people. The celebrations by the Heptanesian Federation of Melbourne for the 135th anniversary of the unification of the the seven Ionian islands with mother Greece, commence tomorrow with a celebratory eulogy at the The Holy Temple of the Evangelismos Church East Melbourne. The afternoon of the same day at the Lefkadian Brotherhood Hall, 12A Bell St; Coburg, the Federation has organised a cultural and musical afternoon dedicated to 'The Seven Diamonds of the Ionian'. The program will feature a talk, 'Angelos Sikelianos, an environmentalist, before his time', by Mr. N.Sofokleos; recitations from Stathis Raftopoulos and Thanasis Makrigeorgos; and Heptanesian melodies and songs from the choir and orchestra of the Educational Group of Florina, Melbourne. At the conclusion , savoury snacks, coffee and sweets will be served. Entry is free. In the photo, a snapshot of last year's event.eptanesian -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of horse pulling cart
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series showcases photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s and shows people who lived and worked on the Island during the Jenkins period. This photograph is of Ginger pulling a cart with Sister Margaret Campbell and Alice Jenkins riding along. Sister Campbell was Ted Jenkins' carer, and managed the daily running of the Island, eventually inheriting it after his death. Alice was the mother of Harry Jenkins - the owner of the Island.Black and white photograph with a white border of a stationary horse hitched to a cart with two women sitting in it. The group are centred in the frame and a dam is visible in the background on the left hand side. Digitised from a high resolution copy (original Polaroid is in poor and fragile condition)nilchurchill island, photograph, arthur evans, harry jenkins, alice jenkins, margaret campbell, working horse -
Cockatoo History & Heritage Group
photograph, Desmond, home of O'Hara family
"Desmond", on the Cockatoo Creek, on land which now forms part of Alma Treloar Reserve, was the home of the O'Hara family ca. 1910. The poet John Bernard O'Hara, used to visit his mother there, and remembered many wonderful holidays with the "city folk" who travelled to Cockatoo on "Puffing Billy" and camped along the creek. The family in the foreground is most likely the O'Hara family.The photograph is significant because it shows a Cockatoo home of around 1910.Black and white photograph of "Desmond", home of the O'Hara family, with a family group in foreground. Situated on Cockatoo Creek, on land now known as Alma Treloar Reserve. Circa 1910.cockatoo homes, "desmond", o'hara family, cockatoo creek, john bernard o'hara. -
Cockatoo History & Heritage Group
Regulations, Providence House Regulations, Cockatoo Victoria
The Presbyterian Church owned three lots of land bounded by Pakenham Road and the northern side of Dorchester Road, between 1927 and 1964. Providence House opened in 1927 as a peaceful country rest home for “tired mothers” from the inner suburbs, and their children. It was also used, at different times, for kindergarten groups and in 1955 for a girls Bible Class for Easter “studies, fun and fellowship.”Cockatoo had several guest houses which took paying guests. Providence House did not charge fees, but is the best-documented of the large houses which provided accommodation.Framed regulations for the Presbyterian Church of Victoria's Providence House in Cockatoo.providence house, cockatoo victoria, presbyterian church, regulations, -
Cockatoo History & Heritage Group
Landscape Plan, Providence House Cockatoo, 1930's
The Presbyterian Church owned three lots of land bounded by Pakenham Road and the northern side of Dorchester Road, between 1927 and 1964. Providence House opened in 1927 as a peaceful country rest home for “tired mothers” from the inner suburbs, and their children. It was also used, at different times, for kindergarten groups and in 1955 for a girls Bible Class for Easter “studies, fun and fellowship.”Cockatoo had several guest houses which took paying guests. Providence House did not charge fees, but is the best-documented of the large houses which provided accommodation.Framed landscape design plan under glass, with detailed plant listings. Original watercolourDonated by Victoria & Digby Newcombe 2003presbyterian church, rest home, landscape plan, garden design, cockatoo victoria, providence house, black n.c, -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VAL CAMPBELL COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF LAUREN AND VAL CAMPBELL, 1990s
Colour photo of Lauren and her mother Val Campbell. They are standing together on grass beside a swimming pool which has marked lanes. Lauren is wearing a medal around her neck. In the background is a group of people sitting on the grass under a blue and white umbrella. Written on the front of the photo: 1990s Lauren Campbell Dist Medal and mum Val Campbell. Early days Val Campbell poolside. Written on the back: 1990s.recreations, sports, swimming -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARGREAVES FAMILY NEAR 'BURKE AND WILLS TREE' MANDURANG ROAD, BENDIGO
Copy of black and white photo. Image shows older woman standing to LH side of tree, two women and three children standing in large hollow of tree. Letter accompanying the photo says 'the little lady near the side of the tree in this photo is my Grandma Hargreaves. The lady behind the first girl in white is my mother 'Amy Hargreaves'. (Mrs Irene Thomas letter)person, group, hargreaves family -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: HELPERS
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Monday, August 23, 2004. Helpers: schools are indebted to the support they receive from mothers' clubs and no doubt this group from White Hills State School No. 1916 did their bit to assist in 1935.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - INNER WHEEL CLUB SOUTH BENDIGO COLLECTION: EULOGY FOR ELSIE TWITT
Seven page Eulogy For Elsie Twitt written by her daughter Jan and her brother. Mentioned is her childhood life, meeting her husband Ron and her public achievements. Her brother mainly mentions her home life.bendigo, clubs, inner wheel club south bendigo, inner wheel club south bendigo: eulogy for elsie twitt, james williams, ella williams, alfie williams, doreen williams, lawrence williams, davena williams, norma williams, kevin williams, barry williams, chateau dore, jan twitt, greg twitt, glenn twitt, flora hill primary school, bendigo and district council of mothers clubs, victorian federation of state school mothers clubs committee, joan kirner, bendigo base hospital, inner wheel club of bendigo south, penguin club, caledonian society, presbyterian church, st johns managment, scout groups, ymca, tennis cricket & football clubs, ron twitt, joyce harriot, mirridong -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: LEGAL
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Tuesday, January 11, 2005. Legal: an impressive feature of Bendigo is the Law Courts in Pall Mall. In this photograph, taken in 1929, the Gray family are pictured outside the courts where their father was a caretaker. The family are Edna, Yvonne, Alyce and Edie. The father was Claude and the mother was Edna. Also a letter to the editor from Norm Gray, Eaglehawk: the group of six people standing to the extreme right are all brothers and sisters of the Gray family. The person standing slightly apart and to the left of the group was my uncle Claude. The other 5 siblings in the group are Edna, Douglas (my father), Edith, Yvonne and Alyce. My father, third from the left, was 10-11 years old at the time. The father of the children was William Henry Gray and he was the caretaker of the Bendigo Law courts. Their mother was Amy Elizabeth Gray. The clips are in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PICNIC PHOTOGRAPH, c. 1900
Sepia toned picture of Mixed Group at picnic, Turn of the century, Markings on rear of photo read 'Misses F & J Anderson's Mother is 2nd from the left in middlerow'person, group, mixed, picnic, misses f & j anderson -
Yarra City Council
Artwork, other - Marker, Reko Rennie, Remember Me: Stolen Generations Marker, 2018
Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie’s vision is an inclusive environment where people can sit and peacefully reflect on, mourn and acknowledge the deep trauma of the past, as well as connect with the ongoing strength and resilience of the Aboriginal community and support the process of healing. 'Remember Me' symbolises community resilience, identity and family. Positioned in a ceremonial ring, the seating and spears create a circle of gathering and remembrance within the park. In a contemporary and historical sense, the spear is an emblematic statement about struggle and adversity, and it is also an expression of identity and connection to land and culture.The 'Stolen Generations Marker, Remember Me', reflects the community’s wish to create a permanent tribute to the Stolen Generations and their families; a place of reflection and respectful commemoration. Integral to this is the surrounding garden with plants local to the area that have been re-introduced into the setting. Sited at the historically important Meeting Place in the heart of Aboriginal Fitzroy, the artwork honours not only the story of this place, but of all Aboriginal people who were taken away. This project was guided by the Stolen Generations Marker Steering Group and realised by Yarra City Council in partnership with the Victorian Government. Most importantly, it has received widespread grassroots community support. It was officially launched on the 20th anniversary of National Sorry Day (26 May 2018), which acknowledges the impact of the policies spanning more than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. On 26 May 1997 the landmark 'Bringing Them Home' report was tabled in Federal Parliament. The report was the result of a national inquiry that investigated the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families. This was a pivotal moment for many Stolen Generations. It was the first time the stories of forced removal were formally acknowledged by the Government and a recognition that these actions were inhumane. The impacts have been lifelong and intergenerational. A collection of bronze spears and a coolamon with accompanying seating, lighting and landscaping positioned in a ceremonial ring.stolen generations, fitzroy -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, Toska Studio
Seated left; Hilda McNeill. b.1887, Standing: Edith Ursula McNeil b.1884, Seated right: Isabella Clark McNeil (Daisy) b.1882 Isabella born Glendaruel, her mother was Ursula McMurray whose family had a farm at Glenndaruel. After Isabella's birth mother and child returned to the family farm at Undera, near Shepparton. Isabella is the grandmother of Lindsay Semmens who donated this portrait.Black and white photograph in a brown gilded frame and decorative edge. Green mat with oval cutout. Picture of three women. 2 seated, 1 standing in centre of groupOn front: In gold script " Toska Studio Shepparton"mcmurray, glendaruel, portrait, mcneil, clark -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Newspaper cuttings, Kyabram Free Press, Kyabram, The Club's the Thing, 1960
22 group photographs of Tatura organisation on double page supplement. Tatura Guardian Newspaper 8 September 1960. Included are: Apex, Shire Councillors, Show Society, RSL, Plumpton Coursing and Racing, Football, CWA, Fire Brigade, Younger Set, Croquet, Red Cross, RSL Auxiliary, Kinder, Golf, Council Staff, Young Farmers, SS Mothers Club, Hospital Auxiliary.Tatura Guardian Press Thursday 8 September 1960 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - German Internee Camp 3, 1945
The Steller, Froeschle and Haering families.Black and white photograph of 3 families in hut group. 1 lady, 3 men standing back row; Front row: 1 boy, mother nursing baby, 2 young boys, 1 standing 1 seated the elderly lady seated, 1 mother and son.the number 769 centre frontinternee children, camp 3, froeschle family, haering family, steller family -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Tatura, 1940's
Poem written in Camp 3 by Mrs. Sophie Meier, mother of Mrs. Helmut Seefeld, Singapore Group, refugees, internees at Camp 3 TaturaFramed and mounted single sided sheet of paper, photocopy of handwritten (in German) poem titled "Tartura"tatura, documents, pamphlets, internment camp poetry, helmut seefeld, sophie meier -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Sturzenhofecker family 1945
The Sturzenhofecker family were German internees at Camp 3 during WW2. Photograph taken 10 March 1945. Back row, left to right (standing): Albrecht, Peter, Dr Alfred, Roland; Front row (sitting): Irene holding baby Armin. Gottfried is leaning on his mother.Black and white photograph of a man standing behind a lady holding a baby, a child leaning against her, two children to her left and one boy to her right. Hut on left and on right behind a tree. Shrubs behind the group. 840albrecht sturzenhofecker, peter sturzenhofecker, dr alfred sturzenhofecker, roland sturzenhofecker, irene sturzenhofecker, armin sturzenhofecker, gottfried sturzenhofecker -
Grey Street Primary School, Traralgon
Photoboard
Sir Mac's mother and maternal grandparents. When he died in 1985 he was buried at the Tower Hill Cemetery, in the Western District, close to his McKay grandparents.Part of the collection held by Grey Street Primary School.Family group portrait of Sir Macfarlane Burnet's mother Hadassah McKay and her parents, George Gilbert McKay and Hadassah Pollock. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Camp 3
Photographs taken in Camp 3, Tatura. Official group photo including the Girschik family. Children with Father Panico. Departure of internees by train. Map of invasion of Persia by Britain & Russia. Helga Griffin (nee Girschik) addressing the Tatura Historical Society and presenting a dress embroidered in Camp 3 by Helga's mother. Peter Girschik addressing Historical Society, 23 October 2007, two digitised photos.helga griffin, helga girschik, father panico, camp 3 tatura, persia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographs, Frank Collection of copies of Camp 3 Photographs
Collection of photographs from camp 3, Palestine Group. 1. Christmas decorations. 2. Copy of photo of Erich & Gretl Frank sent by Gretl Frank to her grandfather in Cyprus, 01.06.1947. 3,4. Copy of photo of Gretl Frank & Helga Bulach (now Jurgensen), taken unofficially by a nursing sister. 5. Copy of photo of Frank family & Egar Clauss, an engineer working in Persia and brought for internment without his family. 6.Back: Roland & Berti Frank with Heidi & Ursula in front. Mrs. Emma Frank holding Erich and Mr Kurt Frank, Gretl in front. 7 Kindergarten Class- Ursula Frank; Gretl Frank & Anne Marie Blaich. 8 Doster; Waltraud Guenther; Wally; Nelly Edelmaier; Ilse Frank; Ingebord Graze; Heidi Frank & Gudrun Doster. 9 Gretl's school class with Herr Baer. Back: Walter Krafft; Peter Auer; ? ; ? ; ? ; ? ;Gretl Frank; Ursula Frank; Gerda Baer; ? ; Traude Hoefer; Eleonore Hahn. Front row not identified. 10 Waltraud Guenther; ? ; ? ; ? ; Doster; ? ; ? ;Heidi & Isse Frank. 11 Wedding of Otto Frank & Gertrud Beilharz. 12 Group including Harald Graze and Eberhard Guenther. 13 Group including Ulrich Krafft? 14 Official photograph 809. 15 Back: Roland Frank; Gudrun Heider (Frank); Heider (her husband); Jone Frank; Isolde Frank; Kurt Frank.| Front: Berti holding Ursula; Heidi; Bete Frank (mother of Isolde & Gudrun); Gretl Frank & Emma Frank.Copies of mainly 10 x 8 cms. sepia photographs -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Albert Kuipers, somerville Church Homes, Darwin
Somerville Homes operated from 1965 to 1981. Somerville Homes came into existence in 1965. The homes were named in honour of Margaret Somerville MBE who helped evacuate 95 children from Croker Island to Sydney in 1942 and who returned to Croker Island with the children after the war and continued as a house mother and care giver until 1965. A book entitled "They Crossed A Continent", the story of Margaret Somerville's epic journey was produced. Somerville Homes was established in 1964 when the Methodist Overseas Mission began to discuss the closure of the Croker Island Mission and the transfer of all children to smaller group homes in the Darwin area. It had links with both the Methodist Overseas Mission and the United Church in the Northern Territory. Somerville Homes ran the Somerville Cottage Homes in Darwin from 1968 through to the 1980s. In 1981 Somerville Homes changed its name to Somerville Community Services. Somerville Homes was established as an organisation in 1964 when the Methodist Overseas Mission began to discuss the closure of the Croker Island Mission and the transfer of all children to smaller group homes in the Darwin area. A Somerville Homes Council was created with the aims: (a) to carry out charitable purposes of providing total care for children and young people in the Northern Territory of Australia and elsewhere; (b) to establish and maintain homes for children and young people, provide family counselling, arrange or assist in the arranging of adoptive or foster homes, provide after care and generally provide all such services in its own capacity or in co-operation with others, constituting the total care of the child or young person. The organisation had links with both the Methodist Overseas Mission and the United Church in the Northern Territory. It became an incorporated body with a Board in 1971. After 1977 it retained links with the Uniting Church, Northern Synod. Somerville Homes ran the Somerville Cottage Homes in Darwin from 1968 through to the 1980s. In 1980-81when the organisation expanded its services, it changed its name to Somerville Community Services. Albert Kuipers is not mentioned by name in the online information available.Kuipers is pictured in shirtsleeves taking notes."Albert Kuipers - Somerville Ch Homes Darwin"kuipers, albert, somerville homes, croker island mission, methodist overseas mission