The Waif’s Home, Parkerville began in 1903. It was founded by the Sisters of the Church. Sister Kate Clutterbuck has had the strongest association with the Home, which was the pioneer in Western Australia of ‘cottage care’ and keeping children from the same family together. In 1909, the Waif’s Home, Parkerville became a subsidised orphanage…
Parkerville Children’s Home Incorporated (also known as the Parkerville Association) was the body established in June 1925 to manage the functions and assets of the Parkerville Children’s Home. In 2005, Parkerville Children’s Home Incorporated changed its name to Parkerville Children and Youth Care (Inc). At first, all members and Trustees of Parkerville Children’s Home Incorporated…
Malcolm Street Receiving Home was established by the Sisters of the Church in 1907, possibly to accommodate infants who could not be placed at the Waif’s Home, Parkerville. It is likely that the Malcolm Street Receiving Home was open for a short period of time. Whittington (in Sister Kate 1999, p.131) reports that around May…
Girls’ High School, Kalgoorlie, was established in 1903 by the Sisters of the Church as a boarding and day school for girls. The first students were nine girls aged 8-11 years who had been brought by the Sisters in 1901 from the Orphanage of Mercy, Kilburn in England. These girls lived at Kalgoorlie for some…
St Peter’s Boys’ School, Fremantle, was used as a temporary children’s Home in 1903 by the Sisters of the Church, an Anglican religious order. It accommodated around 13 boys aged 6-10 years and babies aged under two years. These children had been transferred from Perth College. From May to July 1903, the children were transferred…
Sister Kate’s Children’s Home Inc was the new name given in 1948 to the Children’s Cottage Home Incorporated. Sister Kate’s Children’s Home Inc continued to govern Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home at Queen’s Park. In 1955, governance of the Home was transferred to the Presbyterian Church.
Children’s Cottage Home Incorporated was established in 1935 to govern the Children’s Cottage Home at Buckland Hill (Cottesloe) and the Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home at Queen’s Park. In 1948, the name of Children’s Cottage Home Incorporated was changed to Sister Kate’s Children’s Home Inc.
Identitywa was established in 2001 and continued the work of the Western Australian disability support agency, Catholic Care. Identitywa is an agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. In 2014, Identitywa provided accommodation for children with disabilities.
The Girls’ Friendly Society Lodge was opened on the 5th June 1915 on Adelaide Terrace, Perth. It was opened to provide accommodation for girls from England or country areas of Western Australia. Typically the girls who went to the Lodge in the earlier years were members of Girls’ Friendly Society with commendations from their branch…
The Lambeth Palace Library is the library and archive for the Archbishops of Canterbury and the Church of England. It holds a large collection of books and manuscripts relating to the Church of England’s activities in England and overseas. The Lambeth Palace Library holds the collection of the Church of England Record Centre, which officially…
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