The Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a Catholic male religious order. They arrived in Western Australia in 1894, taking charge of Fremantle Parish. From 1897 until 1922 they ran St Kevin’s Industrial School. From 1966, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate also ran Mazenod College, 55 Gladys Road, Lesmurdie. According to its website, in 1967, Mazenod…
The Australasian Province of the Christian Brothers operated in Australia from 1885 and was also known as St Mary’s Province of the Christian Brothers. It was a province of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Christian Brothers first established by Edmund Rice in Ireland in 1808. The Christian Brothers ran institutions for children in the states…
The Christian Brethren in Western Australia ran Kurrawang Mission (1952-1984) and its Pukulari cottage in Burt Street, Kalgoorlie (Boulder). In 1984 the Christian Brethren had withdrawn from management of Kurrawang Mission. In 2013 the Christian Brethren became part of the Christian Community Churches of Australia. The Christian Brethren, also known as the Plymouth Brethren, are…
The Catholic Diocese of Broome is one of the key organisations of the Catholic Church in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Missionary work began in 1884, the Parish of Broome was created in 1897 and became a Vicarate during World War One. In 1966, the Diocese of Broome was created. Throughout the years, the…
The Benedictines, New Norcia, were a group of Catholic male religious who established a settlement, mission and monastery at New Norcia in 1846. They ran the Subiaco Boys’ Orphanage for a few years (1872-1876), but the main institutions they were associated with were St Joseph’s Native School and Orphanage and St Mary’s Mission at New…
The Australian Inland Mission (AIM) was established in 1912 by the Rev John Flynn (later founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service) of the Presbyterian Church. The initial focus of AIM was to provide medical services to those living in remote Outback areas. The AIM’s work was primarily in the Northern Territory, but also was…
The Orphanages’ Committee was the body formed to replace The Committee (1868-1888) to govern Anglican orphanages and children’s homes in Perth. The Orphanages’ Committee was replaced by the Anglican Orphanages Board of Management (1940-1954). The close ties between the Anglican Diocese of Perth, the Orphanages’ Committee and other the boards and committees of Anglican children’s…
Anglican Health and Welfare Services was an agency established by the Anglican Diocese of Perth in 1974. It aimed to coordinate and manage welfare services in the diocese, including out of home care. It was common for government reports to mention both ‘Anglican Health and Welfare Services’ and ‘Anglicare’ as the operator of out of…
The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Hostel in Perth opened around 1954. In 1971, the hostel was described by Wilson and Robinson as an independently-run Aboriginal Education and Employment Hostel. It also provided accommodation for girls nominated by the Native Welfare Department to have holidays in Perth. The YWCA appears to have received a subsidy…
Yokine Cottage opened in 1972 when Mogumber was being replaced by a number of small homes in Perth suburbs. It is likely that Yokine accommodated Aboriginal school children until at least 1984. Yokine Cottage closed at the end of 1988. Yokine Cottage began as a suburban branch of Mogumber in 1970, in a house at…