The Golden Mile Youth Hostel was established in Kalgoorlie in 1989 and was run by a private committee of management. At that time it provided crisis relief and medium term accommodation to young men aged 15-25 years. By 1995, Golden Mile offered emergency accommodation only. It closed in 1999 and the building was re-opened later…
The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Hostel in Perth opened around 1954. In 1971, the hostel was described by Wilson and Robinson as an independently-run Aboriginal Education and Employment Hostel. It also provided accommodation for girls nominated by the Native Welfare Department to have holidays in Perth. The YWCA appears to have received a subsidy…
Yokine Cottage opened in 1972 when Mogumber was being replaced by a number of small homes in Perth suburbs. It is likely that Yokine accommodated Aboriginal school children until at least 1984. Yokine Cottage closed at the end of 1988. Yokine Cottage began as a suburban branch of Mogumber in 1970, in a house at…
Yaandina Family Centre, Roebourne, was established by a local committee in 1974 to provide short term accommodation for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal babies and children and, from 1984 for young mothers. Nursing services were provided by the Sisters of St John of God until 1982. From 1983, it was managed by Ieramugadu Community Incorporated, which no…
Withnell House was located in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. It was a hostel run by the Salvation Army from 1952 for boys who were Wards (migrant or Australian-born) who worked in the city. Withnell House ceased to be a hostel for boys in 1969. From that time, the building became known “Withnell House…
Weeriana Hostel, in Roebourne, was established in 1964 as a government-run Aboriginal education and employment hostel for Aboriginal children going to primary and high school in Roebourne. There were 66 children in residence at the hostel in 1971, and 45 children in 1979. By 1995, its function had changed to provide short to medium term…
Warramboo Hostel in Yalgoo was officially opened on 18 March 1961 as a government-run hostel for Aboriginal children going to school in Yalgoo. The hostel was run by the Department of Native Welfare and from 1972 the Department for Community Welfare. It was operated by a local committee and opened with capacity for 16 children,…
Warralea was a government-run hostel established around 1973 in Yokine. It accommodated Aboriginal boys going to primary and high school in Perth. It may have become a group home by 1979. From 1984, Warralea was a community support hostel for boys and girls aged 6-17 years. Warralea closed in 1986 and the building was used…
Warminda was established in 1968 as a hostel for Aboriginal girls of working age but by 1975 was admitting girls and boys aged from 5-16 years. It was run by Methodist and Uniting Church agencies. In 1984, the Uniting Church ceased their residential program at Warminda, and it became a government-run community support hostel, keeping…
Victoria Park (Riverbank) Annexe was established in 1980 as a government-run hostel providing community-based training programs and after-care services for teenage boys (all who were wards of the State) released under supervision from Riverbank, and other boys. It replaced ‘Fourteen’, which had closed in 1979. The Victoria Park Annexe operated for an unknown period, possibly…
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