In 1878 Sydney Industrial Blind Institution was built on the corner of Boomerang and William Streets in Sydney. Designed by Edmund Blacket, it was intended to be a workshop, showroom for items produced there and accomodate 10-12 people to live on the premises. The three story building (and subsequent extensions) ended up being used up until 1971, when the need for more space and the limitations of city buildings necessitated the move to Enfield. As part of this transition, and due to the demolition of the old building, a stone archway was removed in 1971 and relocated to the new RBS offices in Mitchell Street. Almost half a century later, that site was sold however the archway could not be moved to the various commercial offices that now housed staff. City of Sydney council did not have a suitable location, as the original site was now a private housing complex, NSW Dept of Heritage did not preserve parts of buildings and it was not from a building originally located within the boundaries of the Burwood Council. The developers of the site recognised that it was part of the historic fabric of Sydney however, and placed it within the landscaped front entrance to the site.10 digital images of stone archwaysydney industrial blind institution, buildings, royal blind society of nsw, edmund blacket

Scene setting article for an RAIA national convention in Sydney. Discussion of the idea of time lag and Australian design and the nation's biggest buildings having been designed in the USA.This was an article for Sydney Morning Herald Architecture Convention feature. An extended article of the same title was published in "Architecture in Australia", vol 56, no 3, June 1967, pp 454-465.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 6 pagesfrancis greenway, edmund blacket, motels, william wardell, minoru yamasaki, united states, robin boyd, manuscript

Side view of a double-storey, sandstone builidng with lawn, most likely the original building designed by Edmund Blacket for the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution in Boomerang Street. The artist has signed and dated the right-hand corner and has written 'Deaf and Dumb'.Watercolour and goucache over pencil in gold frameM Jonesm jones, sydney industrial blind institution

Watercolour by Lin Ditchfield of the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales (formerly the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution) in William Street, Sydney. Built in 1880, the Edmund Blacket designed building was eventually sold in 1971. Located on the corner of William Street and Boomerang Place, the site was keenly sought by developers as the city landscape transformed into high rise office builidings, as evidenced in the background of this painting.1 water colour in beige frameLin Ditchfield 1971royal blind society of new south wales, lin ditchfield, artwork, buildings

This oil painting of the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution (later Royal Blind Society of New South Wales) at William Street was painted by F.R. Fowler in 1976. It was inspired by an original drawing done by Adam Stephan c1890. The building was erected between 1876 and 1879 and was designed by Edmund Blacket. It was funded through a generous bequest by John William Wood. The Institution provided the first employment training in NSW for people who were blind or vision impaired.Oil painting in wooden frame with nameplate at baseThe Sydney Industrial Blind Institution 1879f.r. fowler, sydney industrial blind institution, artwork

Of the two stories the second one is the only one with significance to nursing. 'Our 60 bound for Gallipoli' Sixty World War 1 veterans are on a historic pilgrimage to Gallipoli to take part in the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove. They are being flown at Government cost to Turkey, with each state and territory being represented. The group of sizty were chosen from 370 applicant. A team of twenty-six, comprising five doctors and twenty-one nurses drawn from the Royal Australian Air Force and from repatriation institutions around Australia are accompanying the group.A large newspaper clipping that comprises of two stories with the top story having a black and white photo of three soldiers in a trench and seven columns of text and the bottom story having five columns of text.wwii, world war one, first world war, raaf, albert matthews, florida, sydney, diggers, qantas, singapore, istanbul, gallipoli peninsula, australia, new zealand, turkish memorial, eski hissorlik, lone pine, hmas tobruk, hmas sydney, hmas oxley, prime minister, opposition, federal government, robert william barclay, victoria, william arthur cooper, james ewing douglas, claude augustus frankhauser, george henry gullerton, james formby kibble, albert roy kyle, roy longmore, thomas phillip meagher, john thomas neal, walter edwin parker, robert leslie ponsford, stanley charles quinn, edmund john thompson, new south wales, george abraham, andrew agnew, arthur thomas beezley, leslie rundle brooks, charles cambridge, ernest george guest, leslie browett hayes hales, robert harris, cecil jack hazlitt, thomas harold hutchinson, sydney robert morrison, harry newhouse, john daniel robinson, john joseph ryan, samuel wilfred thompson, queensland, harold raymond edwards, sterling fritz blacket, robert shirley horton, james alexander mitchell, allan melrose salveson, ambrose sheppard, henry william smith, george svenson, australian capital territory, arthur thomas hansen, albert edward matthews, tasmania, alec william campbell, max drake, ralph stanley dyer, george john edward freeman, reginald edward gardner, erie james josph, william ernest kiel, south australia, kathleen avery, edgar william bartlett, thomas william epps, walter john hewitt, john ross, george mitchell, william daniel bevis, alfred william brooks, western australia, walter fletcher, leonard francis hall, john malcolm mccleery, john henry norris, declan deasey, david taylor, michelle hall, stephen haynes, samantha falcomer, naomi byles, bradford