Tardun Farm School was run by the Christian Brothers from 1928 as a Home where boys would learn farm skills. After World War II, Tardun housed British and Maltese child migrants aged from about 12 to 16 years as well as boys who were wards of state. Tardun Farm School closed in 1967 but remained…
Swan Homes, in Middle Swan was created from a merger of two Anglican children’s homes in 1943. The Perth Girls’ Orphanage was evacuated to Swan Boys’ Orphanage at Middle Swan during World War II, and the two children’s homes merged into one institution. During this time, the type of accommodation changed from dormitories to large…
Stuart House, Mount Lawley, was a government-run hostel established in 1963 to provide supported accommodation for up to eight teenage girls, all of whom were wards of the State, prior to them living independently. From 1984, Stuart House became a community support hostel for boys and girls aged 6-17 years. From 1987, children on remand…
Strelley Station, in the Pilbara, was run by a local Aboriginal community. From at least 1981 to 1983, the Department for Community Welfare sent male and female Aboriginal teenagers who had been convicted of offences to Strelley so that they could receive practical training and guidance. Strelley Station was one of a number of pastoral…
South Hedland Group Home was established in 1979. It was government-run and provided emergency and short term accommodation for up to eight young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in a family setting. Another home, the Port Hedland Group Home, was also in the area, giving child welfare authorities a choice of placements. By at least 2000,…
Seaforth Toddlers’ Home, Gosnells, was established in 1945 by the Salvation Army for boys aged 2 to 6 years. It was located in the former Seaforth Salvation Army Girls’ Home, on the same site as the Seaforth Boys’ Home and Seaforth Salvation Army Boys’ Reformatory. It had closed by April 1949 and became the Eventide…
The Seaforth Salvation Army Girls’ Home opened in 1920 in Gosnells (Kelmscott), with girls transferred from the Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Collie. In 1921 there were 30 girls. It closed in 1942, and some girls with an intellectual disability were transferred to Graceville. By 1945, the building became the Seaforth Toddlers’ Home (1945-1949) and it…
The Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Cottesloe was established in 1918. Girls aged 3 to 16 years and pre-school aged boys were accommodated in either ‘Kia-Ora’ or ‘Byanda’. During World War II, the Home relocated to Kellerberrin in 1942, and returned to Cottesloe in 1944. In 1969 the girls were transferred to Withnell House, Mt Lawley,…
Crossroads west is the Salvation Army’s administrative body for youth residential and support programs. It was established in 1991 on the site of the Hollywood Children’s Village to administer its child and youth services programs in Western Australia. Crossroads west, the Salvation Army’s administration body for youth residential and support programs, was officially launched on…
The Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Nedlands (West Subiaco) was established in 1918. From at least the 1930s, boys aged under 6 to 16 years were admitted, including boys who were wards and private children. In 1965, the Boys’ Home was renamed the Hollywood Children’s Village as the Home moved from dormitory to cottage-style accommodation. The…
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