Yes! Housing (Youth Externally Supported Housing) is the name that was given in 1997 to Youth Focus, which had been established by Anglicare in 1991. Yes! Housing offered emergency accommodation and housing program for young people aged from 15-17 years in the Perth metropolitan area who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. Supporting young…
Swan Accommodation Service (The Junction) began in 1980 to provide emergency accommodation service for families and single persons, but by 1982 housed only homeless youth. In 1986 the Service offered accommodation at the Snow Bennett Youth Shelter in Dudley Street, Midland. In 2001, the service provided temporary accommodation at its crisis centre and in a…
The South Perth Refuge was established around 1983 by the Jesus People, who were also known as Perth City Mission and then Mission Australia. The refuge was described in 1983 as providing safe accommodation and support for up to ten young women aged 14-25 years, generally without children, with the length of stay dependent on…
Mission Australia Youth Accommodation and Support Service (YASS) was established in 1991 to provide safe and supported accommodation to young people who were homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. It remained open in 2013, with accommodation programs for 15-18 year olds. Mission Australia’s Youth Accommodation and Support Service (YASS) was established in 1991, funded…
Fremantle Youth Crisis Accommodation Service provides safe and supported accommodation to youth who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.
Fremantle Community Youth Services began in 1977 in a three-bedroom home on Quarry Street, Fremantle, offering short to medium term accommodation to young people. It was run by the City of Fremantle, and, between 1985 and 1989, it was run by Mofflyn Child and Famiyl Care Services. In 2001 the service offered medium and long…
The Australian Aborigines’ Evangelical Mission (AAEM) was established in Sydney in 1947. The AAEM ran a number of Aboriginal missions and hostels in Western Australia between 1949 and the 1980s. The recent history of the AAEM, and the location of any records, is unknown.
Catherine House Incorporated was the name of the management committee that ran Catherine House, Broome until around 1991. The committee was formed from among interested citizens in Broome to develop a Home for Aboriginal children that could be run with funds supplied by the authorities responsible for child welfare.
MercyCare was created in 2002 when the Mercy Community Services joined Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley to take over the service ministries of the Sisters of Mercy.
The Department of Native Welfare (DNW) operated from 1955, taking over the responsilibies of the Department of Native Affairs. The head of the Department, the Commissioner of Native Welfare, was the legal guardian of all Aboriginal children in Western Australia who were not already wards under the Child Welfare Act 1947. Following the Native Welfare…
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