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Hillston Point Walter Annexe

Hillston Point Walter Annexe operated from around 1958. It was located at the Point Walter Migration Reception Centre. The Annexe was intended to provide a place where ‘trusted boys were sent for a trial period prior to their return to civil life’. The Hillston Point Walter Annexe closed around 1984.

Anglican Diocese of North West Australia

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.

Forrest Lodge

Forrest Lodge was was established in 1939 as a hostel for boys from regional areas who went to high school in Geraldton. At first, it was administered and run by the Anglican Church in Geraldton but later came under the management of the Geraldton Protestant Homes Inc. In 1968 Forrest Lodge became John Frewer House….

The Priory Hostel, Albany

The Priory was a hostel for students going to high school in Albany. The Priory was purchased by the Education Department of Western Australia in 1955. It was possibly run by the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury on behalf of the Education Department from 1957. From around 1961 to 1988 it was under the control of…

Sisters of St Elizabeth of Hungary

The Sisters of St Elizabeth of Hungary was a British Anglican Order of nuns. They arrived in the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury in 1928 to help British group settlers in that district. Their convent was in Spencer Street. With a donation from a supporter, they built and ran the Mary Clementina Hostel for Girls who…

Mary Clementina Hostel for Girls

The Mary Clementina Hostel for Girls who went to Bunbury High School was established by the Sisters of St Elizabeth of Hungary, a group of Anglican nuns, in Bunbury in 1931. The hostel was named after Mary Clementina Benthall, who donated £1500. The hostel closed in 1952.

Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent

The Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent was an Anglican religious order that arrived in Perth, from England, in 1933 to manage the Parkerville Children’s Home after the Community of the Sisters of the Church left. The Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent managed Parkerville Children’s Home until the Community of…

Sisters of the Church

The Sisters of the Church (also known as Kilburn Sisters) were an Anglican religious order of women who arrived in Perth, from England, in 1901. They established Tower House in 1901; Perth College in 1902; the Waifs’ Home, Parkerville in 1903; Girls’ High School, Kalgoorlie in 1903; and the Malcolm Street Receiving Home in 1907….

Safe Ministry and Professional Standards, Anglican Diocese of Perth

Safe Ministry Professional Standards, Anglican Diocese of Perth, is a service for people who have suffered abuse in out of home care run by the Anglican church or its agencies.

Home for Girls

A Home for Girls was run by the Orphanage Committee of the Anglican Diocese of Perth from 1883. Funds were raised and a small cottage was built near the Swan Boys’ Home. The Home was for girls of all ages whose backgrounds disqualified them for admission to the Perth Girls’ Orphanage in the eyes of…