Burnbrae Presbyterian Children’s Home was established by the Council Presbyterian Children’s Home in 1938, in Byford. Children who were wards of the state and private children were admitted, both boys and (from 1940) girls. Burnbrae accommodated children from under 6 years to secondary school age. Children were transferred to Benmore in Caversham when Burnbrae closed…
Canowindra, in the southern Bunbury suburb of Gelorup, was established as a government-run group home around 1974. The home accommodated children from the local area so that they could maintain family and other social relationships while they were unable to live at home. The age and needs of these children varied over the time of…
Bulungurr Hostel, in Wyndham, was developed by the Department for Community Welfare in 1973 as an emergency hostel for Aboriginal families on the site of the old ‘Native Hospital’. A kindergarten and youth training programs were run from the centre for some years. It is not known whether any children were accommodated at Bulungurr. The…
Brookton Cottage was a group Home established by Centrecare Children’s Cottages in about 1979. It offered family-type Homes to Aboriginal babies and children aged up to 15 years, often in sibling groups. They were referred by the department responsible for child welfare, or as private admissions. Brookton Cottage closed around 1988. Brookton Cottage was one…
The Bridgewater Care and Assessment Centre opened in 1969 as a government-run residential facility in Applecross, for children and young people aged 3-18 years. Bridgewater admitted children who were wards and private children. At first, Bridgewater provided pre-placement assessments and short-term accommodation, later offering therapeutic, family reunification and pre-adoption programs. Local children attended the kindergarten…
Bridgetown Group Home (also known as ‘Mullina’) was a government-run facility established in 1976 to accommodate Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children from the local area in a family-type home. It is possible that Bridgetown had closed by 1980.
Bourkedale was established in 1972 as one of the Mofflyn residential services run by the Methodist and then Uniting Church. Bourkedale provided mostly long-term residential care in a home setting. It is unclear exactly when Bourkedale closed, but it was open until at least 1985.
Millen Street Hostel, Boulder, began around 1970 as the Boulder Boys’ Employment Hostel with supported accommodation for teenage Aboriginal boys of working age. It was run by the Australian Aborigines Evangelical Mission (AAEM) on behalf of the Department of Native Welfare, and by the Department for Community Welfare from around 1974. Throughout the 1980s and…
La Grange Mission, at La Grange Bay south of Broome, was established in 1955 when the La Grange Bay Ration Depot was transferred to the Pious Society of Missions (Pallottines). A school was established by the Pallotines in 1957, and until 1963 children at La Grange remained guardians of the Commissioner of Native Welfare. In…
Beverley Cottages were three ‘scatter cottages’ that were established from 1978 to 1985 by Centrecare Children’s Cottages to accommodate Aboriginal children in family-type Homes. They were located in Beverley on Lukin and Monger Streets and included Ev Brown Cottage on Forrest Street. At first, children aged 0-5 years were admitted, often in sibling groups, either…
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