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Western Australia - Archival Collection
Perth Protestant Orphanage / Perth Anglican Orphanages (1872 - 1955)
State Library of Western Australia
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- 1872
- To
- 1955
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Perth Protestant Orphanage / Perth Anglican Orphanages is a collection of records held on microfilm in the Battye Library's Private Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. There are records for: Bishop Hale's Institution for Native and Half-Caste Children in Perth; Swan Native and Half Caste Mission, Middle Swan; Redhill Industrial School; Perth Girls Orphanage; Swan Boys' Orphanages, Middle Swan; and Padbury Boys' Farm School at Stoneville.
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These records are available to view at the State Library of Western Australia.
Records
The Battye Library's Private Archives Collection contains records of the Perth Protestant (Anglican) Orphanages in Western Australia. This collection is identified by the manuscript number MN 614 and includes records relating to:
- Bishop Hale's Institution for Native and Half-Caste Children in Perth
- Swan Native and Half Caste Mission
- Redhill Industrial School
- Perth Girls and Swan Boys' Orphanages
- Padbury Boys' Farm School at Stoneville
Items in the Perth Protestant (Anglican) Orphanages in Western Australia private archives collection include:
- Annual reports of many of the institutions for most years from 1872-1941
- Matron's Diary for Swan Boys' Orphanage from July 1898 to December 1900
- Financial records for the Swan Boys' Orphanage (1903-1915), the Perth Girls' Orphanage (1901-1932), the Swan Native and Half Caste Mission (most years from 1893-1915) and Redhill Industrial School (1903-1915)
- Journals of the Swan Boys' Orphanage from January 1898 to November 1900
- Minutes of the Perth Protestant Orphanage Committee (1881-1888) and the Padbury Boys' Farm School at Stoneville (1953-1955)
- Monthly reports from Redhill Industrial School (April 1920 to May 1922)
All these records are held on microfilm.
- 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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