Anglicare Youth House, in West Perth, was established by Anglicare WA in 1994 replacing the Carlisle Group House. It provided support and medium term accomodation for six young people aged 16-19 years in a group house setting. Anglicare Youth House was open until at least 1995 and was possibly also known as ‘Youth House’. According…
Fostering Futures was established by AnglicareWA in 2010 to continue Teenshare, and provide emergency, medium and long-term foster placements for young people aged 10 to 17 years. Fostering Futures continued in 2014 as a 24-hour per day, seven days per week service of AnglicareWA. The program ended in June 2017, with the Department of Child…
Anglicare’s Homesharers was a fostercare placement program, established in 1982. It was a community based scheme in which people in the local community provided medium to long term accommodation to young people. From 1988, the Anglicare Emergency Foster Care Scheme and Anglicare Homesharers programs ran concurrently and placed children into care with various families in…
Anglicare ‘Emergency Foster Care Scheme’ was a fostercare placement program established in 1989 to provide crisis and/or emergency accommodation for young people for up to 28 days. The program ceased in 1992 and was continued by Anglicare’s Teenshare program. From 1989 until 1992, Anglicare ran an Emergency Foster Care Scheme in the metropolitan area placing…
Anglicare WA was the new, legal name given to Anglican Health and Welfare Services in 2003. It is the lead agency of the Anglican Church’s welfare outreach, and provides and coordinates residential child care for children and young people.
The Anglican Diocese of Perth is part of the Western Australian Province of the Anglican Church of Australia. The Diocese of Perth has been involved in out of home ‘care’ since 1868. Its key agency, Anglicare continues to provide this service. The Anglican Diocese of Perth is part of the Western Australian Province of the…
Alinjarra was one of the cottages in the Salvation Army’s Hollywood Children’s Village, in Nedlands. From 1986 to January 1991, Alinjarra Cottage provided short term and emergency care for boys and girls in a family-type setting with cottage parents.
The Alexandra Home for Women was the new name given in 1916 to the House of Mercy in Highgate, Perth. The Alexandra Home was run by a private committee of management and continued primarily as a maternity home for unmarried mothers, with some married women also admitted. By 1950, it was known as The Alexandra…
The Albany Group Home was a government-run facility established in Albany around 1978. It operated for an unknown period, with some possible closures and re-openings. In 1996, the Albany Group Home provided emergency, short term and medium term accommodation for school aged children. It had closed by 2013.
The Industrial Department was established around 1916. It was responsible for the Labour Bureau and state immigration. In 1930, the Industrial Department closed and its activities were transferred to the Charitable Grants Department. Pearce gives the starting date for the immigration functions of the Department as 1925. However, Wettenhall gives 1916. In 1924, the Industrial…