The St Patrick’s Province of the Christian Brothers was established in 1953 covering the states of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. The St Mary’s Province of the Christian Brothers was established at the same time with both Provinces previously being known as the Australasian Province of the Christian Brothers. The new Province was…
Edmund Rice Education Australia was established by the Christian Brothers in 2007. It is run by lay people and was created to separately govern and administrate the Christian Brother’s schools in Australia. Edmund Rice Education Australia were responsible for the Tardun Farm School in Western Australia from 2007 to 2009, and they made the offical…
The Alexandra Home for Mothers and Babies (Inc) and Mothercraft Training School was the new name given in 1950 to the Alexandra Home for Women in Highgate. It was run by a private committee of management and continued as a maternity home for unmarried mothers while also becoming Western Australia’s first training school for mothercraft…
Calvary Youth Services Mandurah Inc. was the new name given in 1993 to Calvary Welfare Services. Since then it has provided emergency accommodation and support services to teenagers and young people who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Calvary Youth Services was incorporated on 16 February 1993, as Calvary Youth Services Mandurah Inc.,…
AccordWest was the new name given to Agencies for South West Accommodation Inc (ASWA) in 2011. AccordWest continued to provide supported accommodation services in Bunbury and Collie for young people aged under 19 years.
Bunyap Inc. was the new name given in 1993 to the Bunbury Youth Accommodation Project.The organisation sought to provide accommodation services to help young people who were homeless or at risk of homelessness to develop skills to live independently. Services included accommodation, financial and practical living skills development and counselling. In 1997, Bunyap Inc. became…
The Catholic Archdiocese of Perth began when Catholic Diocese of Perth was elevated in 1913. The Archdiocese continued to be active in the establishment and operation of children’s institutions and Homes in Western Australia. It was also involved in the Catholic Immigration Scheme, and ran the agencies Catholic Family Welfare Bureau (later Centrecare) and the…
Jesus People (Inc) was a Christian welfare service that was incorporated in Western Australia in 1974. Child welfare authorities made referrals to residential and youth welfare facililites run by Jesus People Inc. It was also known as ‘Perth City Mission’ and in 1997 became part of ‘Mission Australia’. Mission Australia has inherited the records of…
The YMCA Perth was established in 1908 as a community service organisation. From 1989 until 31 March 2014 it ran the emergency youth accommodation service, StreetsYde. The YMCA Perth holds the records of this StreetsYde program.
Kununurra Waringarri Aboriginal Corporation has run the Waringarri Group Home in Kununurra since 1982.
Dec 18, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
