POSTCARD: 'GREETINGS FROM SUBIACO, STATE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT, SUBIACO, W. A.'

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c. 1910

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Overview

Blue and white postcard from the 'Greetings from Subiaco' series, featuring the State Children's Department in Subiaco. The image shows a long white building with an iron roof and three windows which is partly obscured by trees. There is a white picket front fence running along the front of the building.

Historical information

The buildings used by the State Children's Department were originally the Subiaco Industrial School and orphanage, and now form part of the King Edward Memorial Hospital.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.1090.1

Item type

Documents

Material

Cardboard

Ink

Width

130 mm

Height or length

90 mm

Keywords

Postcards, Subiaco

Government

Children

KING Edward Memorial Hospital For Women

Greetings From Subiaco Postcard Series

Year

Statement of significance

This postcard is significant as part of the 'Greetings from Subiaco' postcard series, and for recording architectural details of the State Children's Department, the building of which now forms part of the maternity hospital.
Aesthetic: Historic: Scientific: Social: Condition: Interpretive: Rarity:

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Geotag

-31.948739682963, 115.8189017412

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