Plan sketch 1920s

1920s

This picture shows the building of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in St Kilda Rd and some of its daily activities. The print is a wood engraving originally published on 2 September 1885 in the Illustrated Australian News.

Undated photo

Taken in the 1950s

1956

Photograph of the interior of a chapel, with “Interior of Church – Adult Deaf Mission Turbot St + North Quay Brisbane 1925” written on the back.

South Australian Deaf Society Building

Girls’ Gymnastic Class, Postcard photographs of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution, Melbourne, 1909 [picture] / N.J. Caire

Chapel at 5 Elizabeth St

From the State Library of Victoria

A mini-documentary about the Deaf Centre in Stanmore NSW.

NSW Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind

Sports and an outing, circa 1950s.

Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution

Certificate confirming that the building on South Terrace Adelaide has been placed on the Register of State Heritage Items. It appears that there is a mistake with the street number; the building is at 262 South Terrace, not 264.

Outdoor sports, an outing, and Blackall House, the premises of the Deaf Society of NSW in Newcastle.

South Australian Institution for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb

Record of the history of the engraved marble slab that was originally the face of the foundation stone of the Deaf and Dumb Mission building.

Opening ceremony for the Stanmore Deaf Centre.

Delgany Ave, Portsea Victoria

Part 2 of the opening ceremony for the Stanmore Deaf Centre.

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

Theatre performance at the Stanmore opening.

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

End of the Stanmore opening ceremony.

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

Bowls, both inside and outside, were popular at Stanmore.

People mingling at Stanmore.

Heritage significance assessment

Premier Askin laid the foundation stone and Dot Shaw made a speech.

A story about the derelict Townsend House building.

This photograph was taken by the Mercury newspaper in Tasmania in 1962, at Lady Rowallan House school in Hobart. It is described as showing a hearing loop being used to help deaf children to hear better in the the playground.

Research completed in 2013.

Shortly after the Deaf Society moved to Elizabeth St.

This grandfather clock was in the building at 262 South Terrace from its earliest days. It has a small plaque saying that it was donated to the Ladies Room in 1926 by the “Deaf Ladies Working Bee” – so it