Back view of the Girls Dormitory at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement 1925

1923 — Two hundred and seventy children are living at Barambah when work begins on the new girls’ dormitory. Men on the settlement make the sawmill operational again. They cut and mill the timber and assist in the construction of the building.

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