The Authority for Intellectually Handicapped Persons (AIH) was formed by the Authority for Intellectually Handicapped Persons Act 1985. Its role was to advance the ‘rights, responsibility, dignity, development and community participation of people with intellectual disability in Western Australia’. The AIH ran many hostels and developed a Local Area Coordination service to assist people with…
Mental Health Services was a government department responsible for the prevention and treatment of mental illness in Western Australia for the period 1 January 1954 until 1 July 1984. It took over this role from the Mental Hospitals Department. Up until the 1960s it was common to place children with intellectual and other disabilities in…
The Mental Hospitals Department was a government department responsible for the administration of mental health hospitals in Western Australia for the period 1934 until 1 January 1954. It took over this role from the Lunacy Department. During this period it was common to place children with intellectual and other disabilities in mental health institutions.Through the…
Senses Foundation was formed in 2001 by a merger of the Royal Western Australian Institute for the Blind and the WA Deaf-Blind Association. Senses inherited the records of both organisations.
The Royal West Australian Institute for the Blind (RIB) was established in 1895 as the WA Industrial School for the Blind in Maylands. It was run by a private committee of ‘subscribers’ who supported the Institute financially. Children lived and went to school at the Institute and there was also a workshop and living quarters…
The Lunacy Department was the government organisation established as a result of the Lunacy Act 1903. The department was responsible for the administration of the Act and for mental health hospitals and services. During these years it was common to place children with intellectual and other disabilities in mental health institutions. The Department ran four…
The Geraldton Protestant Children’s Home Inc was incorporated in Western Australia on 26 May 1921. It ran a number of hostels for children going to high school in Geraldton including the Protestant Children’s Home.
The Anglican Diocese of North West Australia was part of the Diocese of Perth (Northern Diocese) from 1910 but was established as a separate entity in December 1961.
The C.W.A. Girls’ Hostel was established by the Country Women’s Association in 1952 in Haig Crescent, Bunbury. It was also known as Heath House. It provided accommodation for girls attending Bunbury High School, replacing the Mary Clementina Hostel for Girls. Initially the hostel only had accommodation for 10 girls, however it was planned to increase…
Broken Rites is an organisation formed in 1992 by victims of church-related sexual abuse. About 90 per cent of the men and women who have contacted Broken Rites Australia have been from a Catholic background. The organisation also supports victims from other denominations including the Anglican Church and the Uniting Church. Broken Rites does not…
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