The Independent Order of Oddfellows (IOOF) was established in Perth in 1898. In 1905, the IOOF built an orphanage to accommodate the orphan children of deceased members. By 1940, that orphanage had closed, but the IOOF continued to support fundraising efforts for other institutions accommodating children in the State.
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…
Carrolup, near Katanning, was a government-run ‘native settlement’ which had been closed in 1922 and was and re-opened by the Department of Native Affairs in 1939. By 1944, there were 129 boys, girls and older children in government ‘care’ at Carrolup. In 1951, the government withdrew most of the children from Carrolup and it was…
Cawley House was one of the group Homes in the grounds of the government-run Walcott Centre in Mt Lawley. In 1984, Cawley House was replaced by the Bedford Park Hostel. Cawley House was a government-run group Home, created when the Walcott Centre was divided into two separate Homes, Andrew House and Cawley House. Cawley House…
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).
The Salvation Army, Nedlands Library Local Studies Collection is a small collection of photographs, oral histories, books and other memorabilia relating to the Salvation Army, the Salvation Army Boy’s Home and the Hollywood Children’s Village. Some of these can be found through the online catalogue, but there are other items that can be seen by…
The Nedlands Library has a local studies collection that includes information about the Salvation Army and children’s homes in the area.
The Mental Treatment Act 1927 (18 Geo. V No. 13) allowed people in the general population with ‘mental disorders’ to be admitted to mental health institutions without the stigma of being certified as insane, but to be subsequently sent to a hospital for the insane involuntarily if they had not ‘recovered’ within six months. The…
The Mental Treatment Act 1917 (7 Geo. V No. 29) allowed people returning from World War I service with ‘mental disorders’ to be admitted to mental health institutions without the stigma of being certified as insane. It would have been possible for returning service personnel under 21 years of age to be admitted under this…
Mount Henry Hospital in the Perth suburb of Manning was used as a residential facility to accommodate young people with disabilities in a nursing home environment in 1997. The government-run hospital closed in mid-1998.
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