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Western Australia - Organisation
Benmore Presbyterian Children's Home (1947 - 1962?)
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Benmore Presbyterian Children's Home, 1947, courtesy of Uniting Church Archives, Western Australia..
Details
- From
- 1947
- To
- 1962?
- Categories
- Children's Home, Farm School, Home and Presbyterian
- Alternative Names
- Benmore (also known as)
- Benmore Farm Training School (also known as, 1947 - ?)
Benmore Presbyterian Children's Home (often known as Benmore Farm Training School) was established by the Council Presbyterian Children's Homes in 1947 in Caversham. Originally, it was an agricultural school for older boys but by 1956 girls and boys as young as 5 years old were placed at Benmore. Children who were wards of the state and private children were admitted. Benmore had closed by 1963.
Publications
Online Resources
- Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) [website], 2000-2011, http://www.clan.org.au/. Details
- Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'Table 3: Young People at Benmore Presbyterian Children's Home 1947 to 1962', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx. Details
- Mofflyn, 'Submission No. 160 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, August 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
Photos
- Title
- Benmore Presbyterian Children's Home
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1947
- Source
- Uniting Church Archives, Western Australia.
Details
- Title
- Dedication and Official Opening of Benmore
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 17 May 1947
- Source
- Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Uniting Church Children's Homes File, Western Australia Archives
- Note
- ‘Dedication and Official Opening of Benmore’ gives information about the Benmore Presbyterian Children’s Home
Details
- Title
- John Moss C.B.E. U.K. Child Welfare Expert. Visit to Australia. Part II
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 1951 - 1952
- Source
- National Archives of Australia
- Note
- Burnbrae and Benmore had applied to join the post-World War Two British child migration program but the institutions were not approved. Page 31 of the John Moss Visit to Australia file Part II gives some insight into the reasons for this decision.
Details
- Title
- The Children's Homes, 1953 [Presbyterian Children's Home Council, excerpt]
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 1953
- Source
- Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Uniting Church Children's Homes File, Western Australia Archives
- Note
- ‘The Children’s Homes, 1953 [Presbyterian Children’s Home Council, excerpt]’ gives information about the Benmore Presbyterian Children’s Home
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'Table 3: Young People at Benmore Presbyterian Children's Home 1947 to 1962', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 7 October 2014