Darlington Cottage was established in 1974 as a government-run group home for up to 10 school-age boys whom authorities believed would not be able to settle into foster care. In 1977, Darlington became part of the Hillston detention centre program. According to government reports (Signposts 2004, pp.183-184), Darlington Cottage was a large house, able to…
Bethel Home McCallum Crescent, Adross, was established in 1971 by Bethel Inc, a non-denominational independent mission society. It was an Aboriginal education and employment hostel, providing accommodation for up to 12 high school age Aboriginal children (girls and boys) who came from all over Western Australia. It had closed by 1982.
Bethel Home Nutwood Crescent was established in Kununurra in 1970 by Bethel Inc, a non-denominational independent mission society. It was an Aboriginal education and employment hostel, providing accommodation for up to 12 primary school aged Aboriginal children (girls and boys) whose parents were not living in the Kununurra township. It had closed by 1986.
Bethel Home Cajuput Street was established in Kununurra in 1967 by Bethel Inc, a non-denominational independent mission society. It was an Aboriginal education and employment hostel, providing accommodation for up to 12 primary school aged Aboriginal children (girls and boys) whose parents were not living in the Kununurra township. It had closed by 1986.
Bentley House is a government-run residential group home that was previously a hostel for Aboriginal high school students. It remained open in 2014. No more is known about Bentley House. If you have more information about this Home please contact Find & Connect using the Contact button on this page.
Karingal, in Melville, was established in 1966 to accommodate up to 10 high school girls who were wards of the State. It was staffed by the Churches of Christ Christian Welfare Centre under a formal agreement with the Child Welfare Department. Its original purpose was to provide a Home for young people who had been…
Darlington House continued the group home known as Darlington Cottage (1977-1983), a government-run residential group home for boys released from Hillston. In 1994, it housed children aged 8-12 years for periods from two weeks to one year. In 2014, it remained open as a residential group home. After Hillston closed in 1983, Darlington House became…
Young House was established in Albany in the early 1980s as an emergency accommodation service for young people aged 15-25 years. It was run by a private committee of management, the Albany Youth Support Association Inc. Youth have been placed at or referred to Young House by the departments responsible for child welfare. Young House…
Mirrabooka House was run by the Salvation Army in the Perth suburb of Mirrabooka from 1987. From around that time, boys resident in the Salvation Army Home in Withnell House, Mt Lawley, moved to Mirrabooka. It mostly accommodated boys aged 15 to 17 while they studied or worked, with the purpose to help young people…
Withnell House Girls’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in the premises of the former boys hostel in Withnell House, Mount Lawley in 1969, when the staff and girls from the Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Cottesloe moved there. The Home was licensed to house children with the name Withnell House Girls Home, but the…
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