Centrecare has been the the Catholic social services agency of the Archdiocese of Perth since 1977. Various programs have, and do, run under its umbrella. Centrecare has been involved in out of home ‘care’ but the organisation did not have a role in child migration, nor does it hold records relating to child migration. Centrecare…
The Council Presbyterian Children’s Homes was the name given to the committee that ran two Homes on behalf of the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia: Burnbrae (1938-1957) at Byford, and Benmore (1947-1963) at Middle Swan (Caversham).
St Gerard’s Hospital was a maternity hospital for ‘unmarried women’ run by the Sisters of Mercy. St Gerard’s opened in 1944 and closed in 1971 or 1972. The building that was St Gerard’s was refurbished as a group home called ‘Davis House’, which was part of the Catherine McAuley Family Centre. The Foundation Stone for…
St John of God Health Care was established in 1989. It runs the St John of God hospitals and health services in Australia.
The St John of God Hospital (SJOGH) was opened by the Sisters of St John of God in the Perth suburb of Subiaco on 19 April 1898. It has been one of the largest hospitals in Western Australia. Many children in Catholic out of home care were treated at SJOGH Subiaco. Babies were born, fostered…
St Anne’s Nursing Home was a maternity and general hospital run by the Sisters of Mercy from 1937 in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. Many babies were adopted from St Anne’s. Around 1958, the Home became known as St Anne’s Maternity Home. St Anne’s Nursing Home was mentioned in the Commonwealth Contribution to Former…
Gerald Mission was established in 1851 when the government granted the Wesleyan Reverend John Smithies land to relocate the Wanneroo Native School to more arable land in York. Aboriginal adults and children from Wanneroo relocated there. In 1854 the government took over the administration, and in 1855 Gerald Mission closed. The Wanneroo Native School had…
Hillston Point Walter Annexe operated from around 1958. It was located at the Point Walter Migration Reception Centre. The Annexe was intended to provide a place where ‘trusted boys were sent for a trial period prior to their return to civil life’. The Hillston Point Walter Annexe closed around 1984.
Wanneroo Native School, also known as Galililup Mission Farm (with various spellings) was established in 1844 by the Wesleyan (Methodist) Rev. John Smithies as a farm school to educate and train Aboriginal children aged 6-19 years, some of whom had come from the Native School in Perth when it closed. Wanneroo Native School relocated to…
Wesleyan Methodists arrived in Western Australia in 1829 and were involved in out of home care from the early days of colonial settlement. In 1900 an independent Methodist Conference was established in Western Australia. In 1915 the ‘Central Methodist Mission’ was established to manage metropolitan charity work on behalf of the Methodist Conference. In 1977,…
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