Fairbridge in its heyday [videorecording] is an item publicising the child migration scheme at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. A range of activities is shown. The item is held in the State Film Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. Access Conditions Open. Please apply to the State Library of Western Australia so the…
New Norcia, Western Australia [videorecording] is held in the State Film Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. It gives some history of the Benedictine’s Aboriginal mission at New Norcia, and the township. The film shows Aboriginal adults and children. Access Conditions Open. Please apply to the State Library of Western Australia so…
Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea Perth Archives is a collection of registers, records, photographs, artefacts and memorabilia relating to Benevolent Institution for Aboriginal Children, St Joseph’s Girls’ Orphanage, St Vincent’s Foundling Home Subiaco, Subiaco Boys’ Orphanage and St Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage for Girls and Catherine McAuley Centre. Access Conditions…
The Mary MacKillop Centre, South Perth is the Western Australian centre of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. In Western Australia, the Sisters ran the St Joseph’s Preventorium in Kellerberrin. The Mary MacKillop Centre holds a small collection of records relating to St Joseph’s Preventorium.
St Joseph’s Preventorium, Records is a small collection of information relating to the St Joseph’s Preventorium and school at Kellerberrin. The Sisters of St Joseph ran the Preventorium from 1929 to 1976. Access Conditions Access to records is restricted to protect the privacy of individuals, but you are very welcome to enquire with the Mary…
Please contact the Archivist, Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart: Postal Address: PO Box 593, South Perth WA 6951 Phone: (08) 9334 0945 Email: enquiries@sosj.org.au Website: https://www.sosj.org.au/contact-us/
The Vision of Kingsley Fairbridge [videorecording] is an item publicising and showing scenes of life at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. It is held in the State Film Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. There is a commentary. Access Conditions Open. Please apply to the State Library of Western Australia so the requested…
[Bindoon boys town] [videorecording] [with scenes from Clontarf] is an item publicising and showing scenes of life at Bindoon Boys’ Town and Clontarf, including boys doing building and farm work. It is held in the State Film Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. Access Conditions Open. Please apply to the State Library…
A coronial inquiry into the death of 9 year-old George Everett Jones and the management of the Swan Boys’ Orphanage was held in Perth in June-July 1911. It was found that George’s death was accelerated by the ‘gross negligence and want of attention by the matron’ of the orphanage; that the Anglican Orphanages Committee had…
A departmental inquiry into allegations of starvation at the Swan Boys’ Orphanage was established by the Colonial Secretary in April 1911 and was concluded by May 1911. The inquiry, conducted by the Under-Secretary of the Colonial Secretary’s Department, Mr FD North, found the allegations of insufficient feeding were ‘entirely unsubstantiated’. A departmental inquiry into allegations…
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