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Uniting Church Child and Family Care Services

The Uniting Church Child and Family Care Services emerged in 1977 taking over the role of the Methodist Homes for Children as well as the broader responsbilties for Mogumber Training Centre and Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home. In 1978 it was part of the Uniting Church Caring Services, which also included aged care and various…

Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home

Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home was established in Queen’s Park by mid-1934 when Sister Kate Clutterbuck moved with seven Aboriginal children from the Children’s Cottage Home at Buckland Hill in Cottesloe. The Home was funded by the Aborigines Department to house ‘fair skinned’ Aboriginal children. During World War II the children at the Home were…

Sister Kate’s Child and Family Care Services

Sister Kate’s Child and Family Care Services was the name given to the administrative body that ran the Sister Kate’s Children’s Home and Mogumber Training Centre after they were combined during 1980 – 1981 as part of a restructure of Uniting Church agencies. In 1988, following the appointment of Dean Collard as Director a year…

Uniting Church [Private Archives], State Library of Western Australia

Uniting Church [Private Archives] is a collection of records held in the Battye Library’s Private Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. The collection contains a range of records, some which are restricted to protect people’s privacy. The items in this collection include baptismal certificates and may include other personal information. The collection…

Open Adoption

Open adoption is when an adoption occurs with no secrecy, the child can know who their birth parents are and the birth parents have the right to keep in contact with the child. It can be compared to closed adoption practices of the twentieth century and the effects these had on many people involved in…

Adoption of Children Amendment Act 1980, Western Australia

The Adoption of Children Amendment Act 1980 (Act no. 85/1980) was passed on 9 December 1980 and commenced on 1 July 1981. The Act contained amendments that sought to address issues that arose with two increasingly common types of adoption: adoption of step-children (adopting a child ‘into the marriage’) and the adoption of children who…

Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1953, Western Australia

The Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1953 (Act no. 57 1953 (2 Eliz. II No.57) commenced on 9 January 1954). The Act enabled a child born outside Australia but adopted in WA to have their adoption registered here as a new birth entry, just like children who were born and adopted in…

Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act 1973, Western Australia

The Adoption of Children Amendment Act, 1973 (Act no. 049 of 1973) commenced on 1 March 1974. The Amendment made three changes that the Department for Community Welfare (DCW) had sought. The amendments removed some of the flexibility to revoke consent to adopt, to further protect the interests of people who were adopting children. This…

Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act 1949, Western Australia

The Adoption of Children Amendment Act 1949 (Act no. 1949/022 (13 Geo. VI No.108)) became law on 22 October 1949. It made the birth entry registration of an adopted child (and therefore a new birth certificate) automatic. It also made changes to the requirement that children over the age of 12 years had to give…

Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act 1971, Western Australia

The Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act 1971 ( Act no. 024 of 1971) came into operation on 1 July 1972. The Adoption of Children Act Amendment Act included a number of changes to the Act and the Rules: A new section stated that the ‘welfare and interest of the child shall be regarded as…