Youth Training Centre is a term adopted from the 1950s onwards in place of ‘reformatory’ or ‘training institution’ to describe residential institutions designed for children and young people considered to require stronger discipline that those directed to other forms of ‘care’. In some cases, children placed in Youth Training Centres were on remand, or had…
A Children’s Village usually comprised several cottage Homes, in which children were accommodated in the ‘care’ of cottage parents. The village model was an alternative to institutional, dormitory-style accommodation of children. This model of institutional care has its roots in the late nineteenth century (for example, Dr Thomas John Barnardo established a ‘Village Home for…
Cottage Home was a model of institutional ‘care’ which began in the United Kingdom in the late nineteenth century. Along with boarding out, cottage home accommodation was seen as an alternative to large scale dormitory-style accommodation (although cottage homes could house up to 40 children). Some cottages used the ‘family cottage’ model where a group…
A hostel was one type of institution for young people, usually those leaving children’s Homes or reformatories, to prepare them for life after ‘care’. Hostels generally catered for young people from around the age of 15. They assisted former residents of orphanages and children’s Homes with the transition to paid employment and independent living. The…
This is a sketch of the Female Orphan School building on George Street, Sydney, as it was in 1813. It shows a large two-storey building with a stone wall in front of it, surrounded by smaller cottages. The building was used as the Female Orphan School until 1818, and then used as the Male Orphan…
This is an image of Berida Convalescent Home taken sometime before it was converted into Berida Junior Red Cross Home. It shows the ivy-covered front of the Home and the driveway approaching it, with a sign reading ‘Berida Convalescent Home’ in the foreground.
Trower Road Cottage opened in Rapid Creek in 1969. Run by Somerville Homes Incorporated it was one of six cottages which made up Somerville Cottage Homes. It accommodated up to eight children aged between 4 and 16 years under the supervision of cottage parents. Children from Croker Island were the first residents of the cottage….
The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Whitby Falls Hospital. This collection includes records about patients, such as admission and discharge registers, address books, medical journals, and case books. It also includes other administrative records such as visitor registers, financial records, staff roster and meal registers, correspondence registers,…
The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a small collection of records created by Greenplace Hostel. The collection includes a Medical Journal, and an Admissions and Discharges register. Access Access to these records is restricted for 100 years. Please contact the Department of Health Freedom of Information Unit for permission to access restricted records….
The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Claremont Mental Hospital. This collection includes record series relating to patients (including admissions, discharges, treatments, and case notes), visitors, staffing, farm management, photographs, and general administration and finances. These records relate to patients admitted to Claremont Mental Hospital, however they also…
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