The Salvation Army Industrial School for Boys, Collie, opened in 1901 with fourteen boys sent from the Rottnest Reformatory. When the Industrial School closed in 1920, boys were sent to the Salvation Army’s reformatory, Seaforth, in Gosnells. The site was later used for the Coolangatta Farm and then the Collie Power Station. The Salvation Army…
Canning Highway Bethel Home, Applecross, was established in 1966 by Bethel Inc, an independent mission society. It was an Aboriginal education and employment hostel, providing accommodation for up to 12 Aboriginal students, male and female, going to high school in Perth. It had closed by 1982.
Bethel Inc.was an independent missionary society initiated by Don and Meg Shedley to provide residential accommodation based on Christian principles for Aboriginal students, male and female. The first Home began in 1962, and Bethel Inc was formed in 1964. Bethel operated until 1982, with three hostels in Applecross for high school students, and two in…
Belmont Cottage was established in Cloverdale around 1979 as part of Parkerville Children’s Home. Throughout this time, Belmont has provided medium to long term accommodation and development programs for children and young people aged 12 to 17 years. It remained open in 2014. Parkerville were running Belmont Youth Program, their out of home care program,…
The Australian Churches of Christ Indigenous Ministries (ACCIM) was the name given to the former Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Inc in 2009. From November 2012, the ACCIM became part of the Churches of Christ Global Mission Partners (GMP) and on 30 June 2013 the ACCIM closed. All records enquiries relating to the…
Anglicare Youth House, in West Perth, was established by Anglicare WA in 1994 replacing the Carlisle Group House. It provided support and medium term accomodation for six young people aged 16-19 years in a group house setting. Anglicare Youth House was open until at least 1995 and was possibly also known as ‘Youth House’. According…
The Launceston City Mission, Launceston Town City Mission until 1889, was founded in 1854. Its brief was to spread the gospel to non-church goers in inner city working class communities. In 2014, the Launceston City Mission is still active. Like the London City Mission, the Launceston City Missioners were Protestant but non-denominational. City Missioners saw…
Havenview Children’s Home, run by the Christian Brethren under the auspices of Glenhaven Children’s Home, opened in about 1970. It was in Devonport. The Home provided cottage accommodation for around three children. It closed around 1989. A married couple belonging to the Christian Brethren with three children of their own, one adopted, ran Heavenview Children’s…
The Christian Brethren first came to Tasmania in 1869. They are an evangelical Protestant church with no ordained ministers and a strong lay involvement in their activities. The Brethren ran Glenhaven Children’s Home in Ulverstone and Hillcrest Children’s Home in Hobart. By the end of the 1870s the Christian Brethren were well established in most…
St Michael’s Priory, in Rokeby, became an approved children’s home in 1974. It accommodated children temporarily as part of a wider counselling and welfare service to the community of Rokeby. The Priory closed in 1977. The monastic community that became St Michael’s Priory began in a large house in Seymour Street, New Town, in about…
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