Bunbury Youth Accommodation Project was an agency that opened in 1983 to coordinate emergency and medium term supported accommodation services for young people aged 16-24 years in the Bunbury region of Western Australia. By 1989 young people aged 14-25 years were accommodated. From 1993 Bunbury Youth Accommodation Project was renamed Bunyap Inc. In the early…
Armadale Youth Accommodation Service opened in 1989 to provide emergency accommodation services for young people, run by an independent management committee which ceased in 2002. It was funded through the Youth Supported Accommodation Program (YSAAP). Some young people may have been referred by child welfare authorities, but self-referrals were possible. It was run by Anglicare…
The West Australian Foundation for Deaf Children (Inc.) became the new legal name of the WA School for Deaf Children (Inc.) in 2004, based on a decision taken by the board in August 1998. In 2014, the Foundation continued to provide accommodation services.
The Uniting Church in Australia (Synod of Western Australia) was formed on June 22, 1977, and inherited the legacy and records of these earlier churches in Western Australia: the Congregational Union of Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia. It also established the Uniting Church Child and Family Care Services…
The Sisters of Nazareth, a Catholic religious order of women, were founded in London in 1851 by Mother St Basil (Victoire Larmenier 1827-1878). The Sisters of Nazareth began work in Australia in 1888. They were part of the Catholic Migration Scheme which brought children to Australia from Britain and Malta after World War II. The…
The Sisters of St John of God are a Catholic religious congregation. From 1895, the Sisters have been involved in running schools, hospitals and children’s homes in Western Australia. The Sisters of St John of God first arrived in Perth in 1895, at the request of Bishop Matthew Gibney. They set up a convent and…
The Sisters of Mercy, Perth Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Ireland, was established in 1846. The Sisters ran orphanages and children’s homes, operated maternity homes, hospitals and arranged adoptions. The Sisters were part of the Catholic Migration Scheme which brought children to Australia from Britain and Malta. In 1954 the Perth Congregation…
The Western Australian Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the organisation that once ran Karalundi and Wiluna missions. Its ‘Safe Place Services’ offers support for people who wish to raise a complaint about the church, its institutions or people. Seventh Day Adventistism was introduced into Western Australia in 1890, when John Stockton was involved…
The Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate) in Australia are a male Catholic religious order of Priests and Brothers. They were established in Rome by Vincent Pallotti, which gives them the name, ‘Pallottine’. The Pallotines came to Australia in 1901 to work at Beagle Bay Mission and since then have been involved with many missions…
The Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a Catholic male religious order. They arrived in Western Australia in 1894, taking charge of Fremantle Parish. From 1897 until 1922 they ran St Kevin’s Industrial School. From 1966, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate also ran Mazenod College, 55 Gladys Road, Lesmurdie. According to its website, in 1967, Mazenod…
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