Children around the fountain at the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

Letter on deaf education following reporting on the 1903 Congress.

1952 Interpreted Church Service

Miss Beaumont’s class at the NSW Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, 1906

Children at the main entrance of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

From the Adelaide Evening Journal, June 1874.

1853 accusation of theft

1925

Pupils at the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

Children from the WA School for Deaf and Dumb Children in 1930s.

1886 Cardinal’s concerns about the Darlington School

A schoolroom at the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution.

Children from the WA School for Deaf and Dumb Children in 1930s.

1889 Case of Assault

The presentations were all by deaf men

Classes and activities at the South Australian Deaf School

1907 Article about deaf people in goals and asylums.

Victorian Deaf Committee

Booklet published to raise funds for the construction of what later became the Victorian Deaf Society.

A picture drawn when the institution building at Brighton was still “new”

1950 Report by Dr Ewing

A card used by collectors raising funds, probably for the South Australian Adult Deaf and Dumb Mission.

A hearing man pretends to be deaf to get out of jury service, but the judge ‘tests’ him and catches him out.

1950 Report by Dr Ewing

Nola Colefax describing her first day of school in 1927.

Cards like this proved that the bearer was a genuine collector and not an imposter or beggar.

A deaf man had participated in a previous jury, explaining that he followed it by reading about the case in the newspapers (jurors are not allowed to do that!).

1950 Report by Dr Ewing

Samuel Showell officiated at the wedding of Leslie Watts and Edith Morey

Fundraising appeal for the South Australian Deaf and Dumb Mission.

A man asks to be excused from jury duty because he is deaf in one ear. The judge excuses him because jurors “have to hear both sides here”.

1950 Report by Dr Ewing

Melbourne Punch, February 1884.

Fundraising appeal for the South Australian Deaf and Dumb Mission.

A deaf driver is excused from jury duty but has his ability to drive questioned.

1950 Report by Dr Ewing

Barrier Miner, March 1918

Fundraising appeal for the South Australian Deaf and Dumb Mission.

Jury is discharged after one of the jurors is found to be deaf.

1950 Report by Dr Ewing