Malcolm Street Receiving Home was established by the Sisters of the Church in 1907, possibly to accommodate infants who could not be placed at the Waif’s Home, Parkerville. It is likely that the Malcolm Street Receiving Home was open for a short period of time. Whittington (in Sister Kate 1999, p.131) reports that around May…
Girls’ High School, Kalgoorlie, was established in 1903 by the Sisters of the Church as a boarding and day school for girls. The first students were nine girls aged 6-10 years who had been brought by the Sisters in 1901 from the Orphanage of Mercy, Kilburn in England. These girls lived at Kalgoorlie for some…
St Peter’s Boys’ School, Fremantle, was used as a temporary children’s Home in 1903 by the Sisters of the Church, an Anglican religious order. It accommodated around 13 boys aged 6-10 years and babies aged under two years. These children had been transferred from Perth College. From May to July 1903, the children were transferred…
Tower House was established in 1901 by the Sisters of the Church, an Anglican religious order. It accommodated girls and boys aged 6-10 years who had been brought by the Sisters in 1901 from the Orphanage of Mercy, Kilburn in England. From February 1902 it was also a boys’ day and boarding school. Girls were…
Community of the Sisters of the Church was the new name given in 1908 to the Anglican religious order, Sisters of the Church. The Community of the Sisters of the Church established Parkerville Children’s Home in 1909. The order included Sister Kate Clutterbuck, the founder of the Children’s Cottage Home and Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage…
The Girls’ Friendly Society Lodge was opened on the 5th June 1915 on Adelaide Terrace, Perth. It was opened to provide accommodation for girls from England or country areas of Western Australia. Typically the girls who went to the Lodge in the earlier years were members of Girls’ Friendly Society with commendations from their branch…
The Lambeth Palace Library is the library and archive for the Archbishops of Canterbury and the Church of England. It holds a large collection of books and manuscripts relating to the Church of England’s activities in England and overseas. The Lambeth Palace Library holds the collection of the Church of England Record Centre, which officially…
Lake Grace Farm Training School seems to have been run by the Anglican church, possibly as a mission of the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury, to train young Aboriginal people. The Lake Grace Farm Training School closed in the 1970s, possibly by 1972.
Swanleigh Council was the body formed in 1972 to replace The Anglican Homes Board: Swanleigh Council to govern the Anglican children’s Home and hostel, Swanleigh. Swanleigh Council’s governing role ceased with Swanleigh’s closure in 2010. In The Noisy Mansions (1986, pp.210-214), former Director of Swan Homes and Swanleigh, Roy Peterkin gave an overview of the…
The Anglican Homes Board: Swanleigh Council was the body formed in 1971 to replace The Swanleigh Hostel Council to govern the Anglican children’s Home and hostel, Swanleigh. The Anglican Homes Board: Swanleigh Council was replaced in 1972 by Swanleigh Council. In The Noisy Mansions (1986, pp.210-214), former Director of Swan Homes and Swanleigh, Roy Peterkin…
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