Ingada Village was established in Carnarvon around 1975 by the Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Inc. It was previously known as Carnarvon Mission. Ingada Village provided accommodation and access to education and training for Aboriginal children and young people. Children included both wards of the State and ones who were admitted privately. Children…
Gelorup Residential Group Home was the new name given to the government-run Canowindra Group Home around 2013. It continued to accommodate children from the Bunbury area so that they could maintain family and other social relationships while they were unable to live at home with family.
Mercy Hospital was renamed in 1997 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of Mercy in Western Australia. Previously the Hospital had been called the St Anne’s Mercy Hospital. In 2014 St John of God Health Care purchased the hospital and it became the St John of God Mount Lawley Hospital.
St John of God Mount Lawley Hospital was named in May 2014 when the St John of God Health Care purchased Mercy Hospital. This hospital continues to have a strong focus on maternity services.
St Anne’s Mercy Hospital was named in 1982 when the St Anne’s Maternity Home was incorporated and a Hospital Board of Management established. In 1997 the Hospital was renamed Mercy Hospital.
St Anne’s Maternity Home was run by the Sisters of Mercy from around 1958 in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. During this time St Anne’s was referred to as both a Hospital and a Home, with the terms being used interchangably. Many babies were adopted from St Anne’s in this period. In 1982 the…
La Grange Bay Ration Depot was the new name given by the Chief Protector of Aborigines from 1950 to what had been known as the La Grange Bay Feeding Depot. From that time a more estblished camp was developed for over 100 Aboriginal people, including children. By 1951 a school for around 11 children had…
The La Grange Bay Feeding Depot was the new name used from 1918 by the Chief Protector of Aborigines for what had been known as the La Grange Bay Relief Station. By 1929, Aboriginal people were given rations ‘twice daily’ at the Depot, including a total of about 60 Aborignal children over the year. By…
La Grange Bay Feeding Depot was established by the Chief Protector of Aborigines in 1912. Aboriginal people had been receiving rations from the La Grange Bay telegraph station from around 1900, but from 1912 a paid government officer was appointed to distribute food, blankets, clothing, and medical treatment. The Aboriginal people visiting the station may…
Cottesloe House was a cottage home, established by the Salvation Army in Mount Lawley around 1973. Previously, the premises had been the Witnell House Girls’ Home (which was informally also called Cottesloe House). The Cottesloe House cottage home accommodated boys and girls, including siblings, until at least 1979. By 1979 there were ten children living…
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