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Western Australia - Organisation
Roelands Village (1975 - 1984)
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Roelands Village, view, courtesy of Global Mission Partners, Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Photographs.
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- 1975
- To
- 1984
- Categories
- Churches of Christ, Cottage Home, Home, Protestant
- Alternative Names
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Roelands Village was run by the Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Inc from 1975, as cottage homes for school-age Aboriginal children from all around the State. Children and young people at Roelands included those placed privately by parents and those who were 'wards'. Roelands closed in 1984.
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Children and young people from Roelands Village went to primary schools in Roelands, Brunswick and Bunbury; and high schools in Bunbury and Harvey. During the school holidays, children who could not go home to family accompanied missionaries to the Roelands Campsite, on Caves Road between Busselton and Dunsborough. Weekend camps were also held there. This campsite was part of the Roelands assets. Eventually, the campsite was released by the Shire of Busselton to a local Aboriginal consortium.
Churches of Christ historians have advised that there were some young men living and working at Roelands Village who were known as 'working boys'. Some of these young people may have been at Roelands before the Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board (Inc) took over. Their placement at Roelands Village was organised by government authorities.
Perhaps insert a sentence in the full note, eg: Government records sometimes refer to children being placed at 'Roelands Mission' even after its ownership and name changed in 1975.
In 2013, the Roelands Village site was undergoing renovation, to re-open as a 'place of healing'.
Locations
- 1975 - 1984
- Location - Roelands Village was located on freehold land along Seven Hills Road in Roelands
- 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
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- Collection Title
- Department of Aboriginal Affairs [predecessors], Records (1886 - 2004)
- Date Range
- 1886 - 2004
- Reference
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- 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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- Collection Title
- Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Photographs, Western Australia
- Date Range
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- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Executive Director, Global Mission Partners:
Street Address: 114 Henley Beach Road, Torrensville SA 5031
Postal Address: PO Box 341, Torrensville Plaza SA 5031
Phone: (08) 8352 3466
Fax: (08) 8234 5373
Email: jgilmore@gmp.org.au
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- Item Title
- Avon Moyle and Deslee Moyle interviewed by W.J.E. Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (2000)
- Date Range
- 2000 - 2000
- Reference
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649194
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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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/
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- Item Title
- Peg Eaton interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (1999)
- Date Range
- 1999 - 1999
- Reference
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285804
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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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/
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- Item Title
- Ryan Kelly interviewed by John Maynard in the Bringing them home oral history project (2001)
- Date Range
- 2001 - 2001
- Reference
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859735
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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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/
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Roelands Campsite, Busselton
Roelands Village, view
Roelands Village, sign
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