The Kalgoorlie Child Welfare Cottage was established in the 1930s by the Child Welfare Department. It provided temporary care to children from the Kalgoorlie area awaiting transport to other child welfare or juvenile justice institutions, children on remand awaiting court appearances, and children, sometimes accompanied by their mothers, experiencing family emergencies. The Cottage was under…
Kindra Cottage was a family group home established by the Salvation Army in Bassendean in late 1970. It provided accommodation for up to 8 children aged between approximately 7 and 14 years old, and was run by a married couple acting as ‘cottage parents’. Kindra closed in 1975, following a decline in the number of…
For access to child and youth health records please contact the Child and Adolescent Health Service: Phone: (08) 6456 4354 Email: CAHS.ROI@health.wa.gov.au Website: https://pch.health.wa.gov.au/For-patients-and-visitors/Your-childs-medical-record/Release-of-Information
Files – Aboriginal Affairs is a record series created by the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority and the Aboriginal Affairs Department, including correspondence from earlier departments. It contains general files dealing with Aboriginal matters, particularly those relating to land rights and Aboriginal reserves, and includes a small number of records relating to missions and institutions that…
Administration Files – Eastern District Office [E.D.G. Sequence] is a records series created by the Eastern District Office of the Department of Native Affairs and the Department of Native Welfare (which covered areas such as Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Leonora, Laverton, and Warburton). This series contains administrative files, including some relating to missions, training farms, hostels, foster…
Files – Chief Protector of Aborigines is a record series created by the office of the Chief Protector of Aborigines and held at the State Records Office of Western Australia. It contains correspondence received by the Chief Protector of Aborigines on a range of matters, including the management of and admission of children to missions…
The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Nyandi Training Centre. The records cover the dates 1970 – 1992, from the opening of Nyandi until its initial closure, and as such include records of both girls and boys housed there, as well as those of young people on…
The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, and its predecessor, the Perth Children’s Hospital. The collection includes a number of records relevant to children admitted to the hospital, such as admission and discharge registers, visitors books, operation journals and registers, anaesthetic registers,…
Files (Aboriginal Matters) is a records series created by the Department of the North West, and held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. It contains records created and used by the department relating to the administrations of missions, the removal of Aboriginal children from their families, movement of Aboriginal people, applications for employment,…
Reports – Aboriginal Missions is a records series created by the Aborigines Department and its successor, the Department of Aborigines and Fisheries, and held at the State Records Office of Western Australia. It includes six reports on several missions in the North-West region of Western Australia, including Beagle Bay Mission (also referred to as the…
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