Warralea was a government-run hostel established around 1973 in Yokine. It accommodated Aboriginal boys going to primary and high school in Perth. It may have become a group home by 1979. From 1984, Warralea was a community support hostel for boys and girls aged 6-17 years. Warralea closed in 1986 and the building was used…
Tudor Lodge, Mount Lawley, was a government-run hostel established in 1952 to provide short-term, supported accommodation for up to 15 boys (14-18 years), who were wards of the State or child migrants, and who had jobs in the city. Government records indicate that girls were placed at Tudor Lodge in 1978. From 1984, Tudor Lodge…
Stuart House, Mount Lawley, was a government-run hostel established in 1963 to provide supported accommodation for up to eight teenage girls, all of whom were wards of the State, prior to them living independently. From 1984, Stuart House became a community support hostel for boys and girls aged 6-17 years. From 1987, children on remand…
Strelley Station, in the Pilbara, was run by a local Aboriginal community. From at least 1981 to 1983, the Department for Community Welfare sent male and female Aboriginal teenagers who had been convicted of offences to Strelley so that they could receive practical training and guidance. Strelley Station was one of a number of pastoral…
The Albany Boys’ Hostel, also known as the Pallottine Boys’ Hostel, was an Aboriginal education and employment hostel that admitted male Aboriginal teenagers from south western Australia, from approximately 1970. It was intended to house young adolescents to further their education and training, and enable them to obtain suitable employment in the south west. There…
Neuville was a service providing short or long term residential care for girls. According to Signposts (2004), it is likely that Neuville started out as a successor to the Home of the Good Shepherd. Government reports (Signposts 2004, pp.369-371) give no information about why Neuville was established, but it is known that by 1975, Neuville…
Kyewong, in Como, was established around 1967 as a government-run Aboriginal education and employment hostel for high school-age children who came from country areas to continue their education in Perth. In 1970, it was transferred to the Baptist Union, for young women coming to Perth from Marribank, seeking employment. By 1975, the hostel had been…
Kartanup, in Katanning, was established in 1970 as a government-run hostel for boys of working age who were looking for work in the Katanning district. Authorities believed these boys would benefit from support as they learnt to live independently. It is possible that many of the boys were or had been wards of the State….
Karingal, in Melville, which had once been a hostel for school-age children, was re-opened in December 1976 by the Department for Community Welfare as a ‘community annexe’ of the youth justice facility, Nyandi. Its purpose was to accommodate ‘younger girls’ who could receive intensive support to stay at school. By 1989 the residential program at…
Westview was the new name given to the Geraldton Group Home in 1981 when it moved to new premises. It was a government-run facility providing accommodation for children aged 0-17 years, including Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children who were wards of the State and those who were not wards. Over the years, Westview has been involved…
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