The Catholic Episcopal Migration and Welfare Association (CEMWA) in Western Australia was the state-based receiving agency for post-World War II child migrants who were sent to WA under the Catholic child immigration scheme. After 1965, the child migration program to WA ceased and the welfare functions of the CEMWA were taken over by the Catholic…
The Battye Library’s Private Archives Collection contains a collection of papers from Mrs Irene May Stahl, who, from 1933, was a member of the Child Welfare Department’s Boarding Out Committee for the Victoria Park district. This collection is identified by the manuscript number MN 2315. Names of children who were ‘boarded out’ (placed in care)…
Fairbridge Society and Fairbridge Farm School Pinjarra, Records is a collection of records of the Fairbridge Society and the Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, held in the Battye Library’s Private Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. This collection is identified by the manuscript number MN 62. The Fairbridge collection contains administration and personal…
The Anglican Diocese of Bunbury was established in 1904. During the 20th century, the Diocese administered a number of hostels for children attending high school in regional centres. In 2012, some of these hostels were included in a Special Inquiry into the response of public officers to allegations of sexual abuse at St Andrew’s Hostel,…
On 19 September 2012, the report from the Special Inquiry into St Andrew’s Hostel, Katanning was tabled in the Western Australian parliament. Its report documented the failure of public officers to act on reports of abuse at St Andrew’s Hostel in the years 1973 to 1990. Allegations of abuse at St Christopher’s Hostel and Adamson…
The Special Inquiry into St Andrew’s Hostel in Katanning was undertaken in 2011-12. The Inquiry was established under Section 24H(2) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, to examine the conduct and response of public officials and government agencies to allegations of sexual abuse at St Andrew’s and related organisations. The Hon. Peter Blaxell, a…
The Country Women’s Association of Western Australia (CWA) was established in Nungarin in 1924 to ‘help women in isolated communities and to provide a voice to Government to seek solutions to the difficulties facing families in such areas’. During the twentieth century, the CWA set up holiday homes, hostels for country students, and participated actively…
Adamson House was established in Northam in 1938 by the Country Women’s Association (CWA). It provided accommodation for girls going to Northam High School. Adamson House became co-educational in 1987, and senior students were accommodated there. It closed in 1990 and the remaining students were transferred to St Christopher’s Hostel, Northam. The CWA leased a…
Northam Residential College was established in 2003 as a successor to what had been St Christopher’s Hostel. Northam Residential College provides accommodation for students attending high schools in Northam.
Records of the Church of England Council for Empire Settlement [Council for Overseas Settlement] are held at the Lambeth Palace Library (formerly part of the Church of England Records Centre collection). The records include various committees’ minutes, annual reports, operational registers, agreements, and correspondence. There may be records about child migration to Swan Homes in…
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