The Orfelin Ecole, or ‘orphan school’ in Broome was established some time during or after 1895 by the parish priest, Trappist Father Nicholas Maria Emo, known as ‘Father Nicholas’. It ran for three years with a total of thirty seven students who most likely lived at the school. Father Nicholas gave testimony (in French) to…
St Joseph’s Native School and Orphanage, New Norcia, dates from 1861 when it established by the Benedictine Fathers. From 1904 until it closed in 1974, it was run by the Benedictine Missionary Sisters. Aboriginal girls and young women lived and went to school there. Tilbrook (1983) reports that sisters ‘Elizabeth and Helen (or Ellen) Tainan…
The Catholic Diocese of Perth began in 1845 and extended from Albany to Darwin. Its vast territory was reduced over the years with the establishment of other Catholic Dioceses in Western Australia. From its beginning, the Perth Diocese has been active in the establishment and operation of Orphanages, Industrial Schools, Missions and Children’s Homes around…
The Catherine McAuley Centre was run by the Sisters of Mercy from 1971 on the site of the former St Joseph’s Girls’ Orphanage and St Vincent’s Foundling Home in Subiaco. It was named after the founder of the Sisters of Mercy. Children who were wards and also those who were ‘privately placed’ lived there, or…
Youth Care was an accommodation and support program for young people aged 15-25, in up to six houses in the Perth metropolitan area. It was run by Centrecare until 1990 when Youth Care was absorbed into the general placement services run by the Catherine McAuley Centre. Youth Care was established by Centrecare as an accommodation…
Pregnancy Help was established by Centrecare in the late 1980s. In 1989 it was described as a supported accommodation service for single, pregnant teenagers, with three houses operating in the Perth metropolitan area, one of which was for crisis care. The service had closed by 1991. Pregnancy Help was established as a program of Centrecare…
MercyCare was created in 2002 when the Mercy Community Services joined Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley to take over the service ministries of the Sisters of Mercy.
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…
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