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Western Australia - Organisation
Bennett House (1952 - 1981)
- From
- 1952
- To
- 1981
- Categories
- Hostel, Government-run, Home
Bennett House was the new name given to the East Perth Girls' Home in 1952. It was a government-run transit hostel providing short-term accommodation for Aboriginal children and women from the country. In 1981, full responsibility for Bennett House was transferred to Aboriginal Hostels Ltd.
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Bennett House was the new name given to the East Perth Girls' Home in September 1952. Its purpose at that time was to accommodate what the Department of Native Affairs termed 'transient and outpatient native women and children'. In the State Solicitor's Guide to Institutions Attended by Aboriginal People in Western Australia (p.42) this is interpreted to refer to Aboriginal women from missions, reserves and townships who were pregnant to non-Aboriginal men. The women were sent to Perth to await the birth of their babies.
Over the years, Bennett House accommodated a range of children and young people, including a small number of students, brought to Perth to attend the East Perth state school which was alongside Bennett house. Until 1963, the Commissioners of Native Affairs and Native Welfare were the guardians of children and young people placed at Bennett House.
In 1972, the Department for Community Welfare took over the child welfare responsibilities of the Department of Native Welfare, and ran Bennett House.
In 1981, full responsibility for Bennett House was transferred to Aboriginal Hostels Ltd.
Locations
- 1952 - 1981
- Address - Bennett House was located at 191 Bennett Street, East Perth
Timeline
- 1931 - 1952
- East Perth Girls' Home
- 1952 - 1981
- Bennett House
- Series Title
- Files - Community Welfare ("A" Series), State Records Office of Western Australia (1908 - 1990)
- Date Range
- 1908 - 1990
- Reference
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Series 1099
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Department of Aboriginal Affairs [predecessors], Records (1886 - 2004)
- Date Range
- 1886 - 2004
- Reference
-
-
- Contact
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Please contact Aboriginal History Research Services, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries:
Postal Address: PO Box 8349, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: 1800 161 301
Email: ahrs@dlgsc.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-history/aboriginal-history-research-services
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Eliza Johns interviewed by Marnie Richardson in the Bringing them home oral history project (2001)
- Date Range
- 2001 - 2001
- Reference
-
182963
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
-
Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Harold White interviewed by Marnie Richardson in the Bringing them home oral history project (2000)
- Date Range
- 2000 - 2000
- Reference
-
2286576
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
-
Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Marie Hart interviewed by Lilly Kauler in the Bringing them home oral history project (2001)
- Date Range
- 2001 - 2001
- Reference
-
5947
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
-
Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Files - Aborigines Departments (1926 - 1972)
- Date Range
- 1926 - 1972
- Reference
-
S2030
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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Please contact Aboriginal History Research Services, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries:
Postal Address: PO Box 8349, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: 1800 161 301
Email: ahrs@dlgsc.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-history/aboriginal-history-research-services
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