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Anglican Diocese of Perth (1856 - )
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The Anglican Diocese of Perth is part of the Western Australian Province of the Anglican Church of Australia. The Diocese of Perth has been involved in out of home 'care' since 1868. Its key agency, Anglicare continues to provide this service.
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The Anglican Diocese of Perth is part of the Western Australian Province of the Anglican Church of Australia, which also contains the North West and Bunbury Dioceses. The Diocese of Perth has been actively involved in out of home care, beginning with traditional institutional care from 1868 and moving on to to small group care and fostering in the late twentieth century. Its key agency, Anglicare, provides and coordinates non-institutional residential child care for young people and teenagers.
The Church of England (Anglican Church) was the established church of the colonial government in Western Australia. Perth became a Diocese in 1857, having earlier been part of the dioceses of Calcutta (1829), Australia (1836) and Adelaide (1843). Matthew Blagden Hale was the first Bishop of Perth and had a reputation for being a 'relatively enlightened' man, who hoped for 'reformatory' rather than penal policies to prevail in the colony. Leaving to become Bishop of Brisbane in 1875, Bishop Hale had played a key role in the development and support of residential schools for Aboriginal children and orphanages for non-Aboriginal children in Western Australia.
Timeline
- 1914 - 1973
- Anglican Diocese of Kalgoorlie
- 1856 -
- Anglican Diocese of Perth
- Collection Title
- Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia, Records (1880s - 2010)
- Date Range
- 1880 - 2010
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- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist at Anglican Diocese Archives (The archivist is employed full-time but access to the archives is by appointment only, please arrange at least the day before you wish to access the archives):
Address: 58 Yule Avenue, Middle Swan WA 6056
Phone: (08) 9425 7243
Fax: (08) 9374 5699
Email: archives@perth.anglican.org
Website:http://www.perth.anglican.org/resources/diocesan-archives/
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- Series Title
- Student Boarder Files, Anglican Diocese of Perth (c. 1940 - c. 1970)
- Date Range
- 1940 - 1970
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- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist at Anglican Diocese Archives (The archivist is employed full-time but access to the archives is by appointment only, please arrange at least the day before you wish to access the archives):
Address: 58 Yule Avenue, Middle Swan WA 6056
Phone: (08) 9425 7243
Fax: (08) 9374 5699
Email: archives@perth.anglican.org
Website:http://www.perth.anglican.org/resources/diocesan-archives/
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Western Australian Records [Anglican Church], State Library of Western Australia (1834 - 2003)
- Date Range
- 1834 - 2003
- Reference
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MN 614
[State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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