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Brisbane City Mission: Eventide Farm Home
Title:
Brisbane City Mission: Eventide Farm Home
NFSA ID
15573
Year
1950
At Eventide, the government-run home for the aged and infirm, a Brisbane City Mission welfare officer pays a visit to those within the ground’s hospital wards.
The nursing matron is shown while the voice-over narration highlights the importance of her role. This clip includes shots of Eventide’s extensive grounds, including streets, living quarters and gardens.
Notes by Poppy De Souza
Eventide was established in October 1946 and was built on what was originally the barracks of theRAAF Air Training School on reclaimed wetland bordering Bramble Bay. This clip shows the extent of the grounds and the layout of the facility, which resembles a township. The narrator refers to the residents as ‘inmates’. This term was not meant to imply that those within Eventide were criminals or prisoners, but rather reflects the terminology of the times.
Notes by Poppy De Souza
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.