Vailima Hostel, in Narrogin accommodated Aboriginal girls and boys in a Christian environment while they went to school or work. It was associated with the Roelands Native Mission Farm and a local pastor from Narrogin. House parents lived at Vailima. Child welfare authorities placed children at Vailima. It closed on 25 November 1977. Vailima Hostel,…
Tudor Lodge, Mount Lawley, was a government-run hostel established in 1952 to provide short-term, supported accommodation for up to 15 boys (14-18 years), who were wards of the State or child migrants, and who had jobs in the city. Government records indicate that girls were placed at Tudor Lodge in 1978. From 1984, Tudor Lodge…
Terrace House was located in Perth. It provided accommodation for up to 22 young people who were unemployed. It was run by the Presbyterian Church (1976-1977), then the Uniting Church Child and Family Care Services (1977-1980). Terrace House moved to Kingsway in Nedlands in 1980. Terrace House was established by the Social Services branch of…
Tardun Farm School was run by the Christian Brothers from 1928 as a Home where boys would learn farm skills. After World War II, Tardun housed British and Maltese child migrants aged from about 12 to 16 years as well as boys who were wards of state. Tardun Farm School closed in 1967 but remained…
Swan Homes, in Middle Swan was created from a merger of two Anglican children’s homes in 1943. The Perth Girls’ Orphanage was evacuated to Swan Boys’ Orphanage at Middle Swan during World War II, and the two children’s homes merged into one institution. During this time, the type of accommodation changed from dormitories to large…
Stuart House, Mount Lawley, was a government-run hostel established in 1963 to provide supported accommodation for up to eight teenage girls, all of whom were wards of the State, prior to them living independently. From 1984, Stuart House became a community support hostel for boys and girls aged 6-17 years. From 1987, children on remand…
Strelley Station, in the Pilbara, was run by a local Aboriginal community. From at least 1981 to 1983, the Department for Community Welfare sent male and female Aboriginal teenagers who had been convicted of offences to Strelley so that they could receive practical training and guidance. Strelley Station was one of a number of pastoral…
South Hedland Group Home was established in 1979. It was government-run and provided emergency and short term accommodation for up to eight young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in a family setting. Another home, the Port Hedland Group Home, was also in the area, giving child welfare authorities a choice of placements. By at least 2000,…
Seaforth Toddlers’ Home, Gosnells, was established in 1945 by the Salvation Army for boys aged 2 to 6 years. It was located in the former Seaforth Salvation Army Girls’ Home, on the same site as the Seaforth Boys’ Home and Seaforth Salvation Army Boys’ Reformatory. It had closed by April 1949 and became the Eventide…
The Seaforth Salvation Army Girls’ Home opened in 1920 in Gosnells (Kelmscott), with girls transferred from the Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Collie. In 1921 there were 30 girls. It closed in 1942, and some girls with an intellectual disability were transferred to Graceville. By 1945, the building became the Seaforth Toddlers’ Home (1945-1949) and it…
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