St Anne’s Maternity Home was run by the Sisters of Mercy from around 1958 in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. During this time St Anne’s was referred to as both a Hospital and a Home, with the terms being used interchangably. Many babies were adopted from St Anne’s in this period. In 1982 the…
The Holy Spirit Province of the Christian Brothers was established in 1967 covering the Order’s activities in the states of South Australia and Western Australia. Previously, it was known as the St Patrick’s Province of the Christian Brothers. The new Province was created due to the increasing work of the Christian Brothers and the need…
The St Patrick’s Province of the Christian Brothers was established in 1953 covering the states of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. The St Mary’s Province of the Christian Brothers was established at the same time with both Provinces previously being known as the Australasian Province of the Christian Brothers. The new Province was…
Edmund Rice Education Australia was established by the Christian Brothers in 2007. It is run by lay people and was created to separately govern and administrate the Christian Brother’s schools in Australia. Edmund Rice Education Australia were responsible for the Tardun Farm School in Western Australia from 2007 to 2009, and they made the offical…
Carlisle Group House was established by Anglicare WA in 1976. By 1983, it provided support and medium term accomodation for up to eight young people aged 16-20 years in a group house setting. It closed around 1994, and was replaced by Anglicare Youth House.
South Perth Hospital Inc was the new name given to the South Perth Community Centre Hospital Inc in 2003. South Perth Hospital Inc holds admission and birth records from 1956. The South Perth Hospital ‘Our History’ web page includes the ‘SPH Documentary’, a 9-minute video that gives some background to the development of the hospital…
The Alexandra Home for Mothers and Babies (Inc) and Mothercraft Training School was the new name given in 1950 to the Alexandra Home for Women in Highgate. It was run by a private committee of management and continued as a maternity home for unmarried mothers while also becoming Western Australia’s first training school for mothercraft…
Calvary Youth Services Mandurah Inc. was the new name given in 1993 to Calvary Welfare Services. Since then it has provided emergency accommodation and support services to teenagers and young people who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Calvary Youth Services was incorporated on 16 February 1993, as Calvary Youth Services Mandurah Inc.,…
AccordWest was the new name given to Agencies for South West Accommodation Inc (ASWA) in 2011. AccordWest continued to provide supported accommodation services in Bunbury and Collie for young people aged under 19 years.
Bunyap Inc. was the new name given in 1993 to the Bunbury Youth Accommodation Project.The organisation sought to provide accommodation services to help young people who were homeless or at risk of homelessness to develop skills to live independently. Services included accommodation, financial and practical living skills development and counselling. In 1997, Bunyap Inc. became…
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