Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH) was established in 1909 in Subiaco as the Perth Children’s Hospital. It was common for children who were in out of home ‘care’ to be sent there for medical treatment, and children with intellectual disabilities or serious medical conditions sometimes lived at the hospital. On 10 June 2018 the…
Bishop Hale’s Institution for Native and Half-Caste Children operated from1871 to 1888 in Perth. In October 1888 this institution closed and the children were sent to be the first residents of the Swan Native and Half-Caste Mission. Bishop Hale was the Anglican Bishop of Perth who, before coming to Perth, had established a ‘Native Institution’…
Keaney House was established in Alma Road, North Perth by the Society of St Vincent de Paul. It was a hostel for up to nine ‘working youths’, with a focus on aftercare for former child migrants from Christian Brothers institutions, mostly from Clontarf. This function ceased in 1965 and the building was later used as…
The Collie Boys’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1902. It was for boys aged from 4 years, including children who were sent by relatives. Around 1920 the Collie Boys’ Home closed permanently and it is possible that the boys were sent to the Salvation Army’s Boys’ Home in the Perth suburb of…
The Salvation Army Industrial School for Girls was established at Collie in 1901. It was an industrial school (reformatory) for ‘senior Protestant girls’ but also admitted girls under 12. When it closed in 1920, the girls were sent to the Seaforth Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Gosnells. The Salvation Army opened an ‘industrial school’ (reformatory) for…
Hollywood Children’s Village was the new name given in 1965 to the Salvation Army Boys’ Home (in Nedlands). Cottages were built to house the boys from this time. In 1969, after the Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Cottesloe closed, girls were admitted. Children who were wards and private children were admitted until the Village closed in…
Adamson House was established in Northam in 1938 by the Country Women’s Association (CWA). It provided accommodation for girls going to Northam High School. Adamson House became co-educational in 1987, and senior students were accommodated there. It closed in 1990 and the remaining students were transferred to St Christopher’s Hostel, Northam. The CWA leased a…
Northam Residential College was established in 2003 as a successor to what had been St Christopher’s Hostel. Northam Residential College provides accommodation for students attending high schools in Northam.
Perth Native School, which was also known as the Wesleyan Native School and Perth Native Institution, was a residential school for Aboriginal children established in Perth by the Wesleyan Reverend John Smithies. At first, the students stayed in the home of Francis Fraser Armstrong but moved to a ‘mission house’ in William Street in 1841….
The Fremantle Native School was established by The Reverend George King in 1842. It was an Anglican residential school for Aboriginal children, mostly girls. Starting with 15 students, the school closed in 1851. The remaining students were transferred to Annesfield in Albany.
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