Jenny House was established in 1994 by Parkerville Children’s Home to provide safe, supported transitional accommodation to young women who are homeless or likely to become homeless. In 2008 it became Penny Jones House. Jenny House has been relocated over the years, but has retained the name of its initial sponsor, ‘Jenny Craig’ the weight…
Ieramugadu Shelter opened in Roebourne in 1982 as a shelter for teenage girls who did not have a home. It was managed by Ieramugadu Community Incorporated, which no longer operates. Ieramugadu Shelter closed by 1994.
The Home of the Good Shepherd, Leederville was established in 1902 in Perth by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for ‘unfortunate’ women and girls. The Home supported itself by operating a commercial laundry In 1904 the institution moved to Leederville to a purpose built property which included an industrial laundry. The Home of the…
The Holy Child Orphanage was established in Broome by the Sisters of St John of God in 1941. It was a Home for school-aged Aboriginal girls and young women up to 20 years of age placed by relatives or the Department of Native Affairs. Holy Child closed in December 1962. The Holy Child Orphanage was…
Hillston, Stoneville, was a government-run ‘open’ reformatory for adolescent boys on a working farm property. It continued the Hillston, Anglican Farm School, Stoneville. Hillston, Stoneville closed in 1984. Government reports (Signposts, 2004 pp.238-243) show that in 1969 boys from 12 years old were regularly admitted to Hillston. It was a large institution, and during the…
Hillcrest Maternity Home in North Fremantle was opened by the Salvation Army in 1922. It continued the previous maternity home, which had been known as the ‘Open Door’ and ‘Hopetoun’. Young women who were wards of the state were admitted, and also private maternity patients. Many babies were adopted from Hillcrest. In 1974, maternity services…
Hamilton Hill Hostel was established around 1971 as a government-run hostel for Aboriginal high school students. For an unknown period in the 1980s, it was run by a Uniting Church agency, most likely Sister Kate’s Child and Family Services. It was possibly transferred back to child welfare authorities by 1988, closing by 1994, possibly earlier….
Gwynne Lea, in Bentley, opened in 1970 as a government-run open residential unit that was part of the maximum security unit at Nyandi. It accommodated up to ten teenage girls (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal), aiming to help them adjust to living in small groups while enabling them to go under supervision into the community. Gwynne Lea…
Grosser’s Boarding House was a privately-run boarding facility that was described in a 1971 survey of Aboriginal education and employment hostels as occasionally accommodating young Aboriginal people, possibly from regional Western Australia, independently of government authorities. Its location in metropolitan Perth is unknown and it was not mentioned in any reports of child welfare authorities…
Innaminka Hostel, Greenmount, opened in the early 1970s, when Mogumber (1951 – 1974) was being replaced by a number of small homes in Perth suburbs. It began as a hostel for boys, but by 1975 was used for short term placements for girls aged 5-17 years. By the 1980s, it was again a boys’ hostel…
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