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Black and White Photograph of St Josephs Orphanage

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A low quality black and white photograph rendering of the St Josephs Orphanage School Building with a crowd, likely children, outside the front. Framed in a wooden ridged photo frame with a glass cover.

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cwa-org-231-25-243

Inscriptions and markings

"School Building- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Girls Orphanage Industrial School, Subiaco." printed on front underneath photograph

Last modified

Tuesday, 9 December, 2025

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