CBERS Redress Service was a government-funded service for people who were eligible to apply for Redress WA payments. It was located at 24 High Street, Fremantle, in premises that were later occupied by Tuart Place.
CBERS Consultancy provided family tracing, counselling and advocacy for former residents and students of Christian Brothers institutions and former residents of institutions operated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Nazareth. Previously it was CBERS Services which ceased operation in December 2005. CBERS Consultancy was located in Fremantle and began in January 2006….
FACT (Forgotten Australians Coming Together) is a Western Australian representative body for those who spent part of their childhood in out-of-home ‘care’, including former child migrants from the UK and Malta, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian-born care leavers. Laurie Humphreys, a former child migrant, was the inaugural Chairman of FACT (Forgotten Australians Coming Together), formed…
The St James Residential College at Moora has been operating since around 1977. Its purpose is to provide accommodation for students attending high school in Moora. It is likely that the Residential College is the successor to an earlier high school hostel, taking its name from the St James Anglican parish church in Moora.
St Christopher’s Hostel began as an Anglican boys’ high school hostel in 1941 and in 1960 came under the control of the Country High Schools Hostel Authority. From 1987, it was co-educational. St Christopher’s closed in 2002. St Christopher’s Hostel was established in Northam in 1941 by the Anglican Church to provide accommodation for boys…
Narrogin Residential College was run by the Country High School Hostels Authority from 1963. At that time it was known as Narrogin Hostel. Its purpose was to accommodate children who went to high school in Narrogin. The Narrogin hostel was mentioned in the Special Inquiry into St Andrew’s Hostel, Katanning in 2012. It is clear…
Merredin Residential College is a hostel for children going to the Merredin High School. It was established and run by the Anglican Church from February 1954, under the control of a local management committee. At this time, it was known as St Michael’s Hostel. From 1962, the Country High School Hostels Authority ran St Michael’s…
St Andrew’s Hostel was established by the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury in 1964 as a hostel for students going to school in Katanning. It was governed by the Country High School Hostels Authority (the Authority), and built with government funds, but was administered by the Bunbury Diocese until 1971. In 1971, the Diocese withdrew from…
Geraldton Residential College opened in 2002 as a coeducational hostel to accommodate students attending high school in Geraldton. It replaced John Frewer House (boys) and Dellahale House (girls), which had closed in 2001.
Esperance Residential College continued the functions of the previous St Andrew’s Hostel, Esperance as a government-run hostel for young people attending high school in Esperance.
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