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Western Australia - Organisation
Government Industrial School (1893 - 1907)
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Government Industrial School for Boys and Girls, 1900, courtesy of Department for Child Protection and Family Support, Superintendent of Public Charities and Inspector of Industrial and Reformatory Schools, Report 1900, p.26.
DETAILS
- From
- 1893
- To
- 1907
- Categories
- Industrial School, Temporary Care, Home, Government-run, Receiving Home
- Alternative Names
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- Government Industrial School and Receiving Depot
- Government Industrial School for Boys and Girls
- Government Industrial School and Receiving Depot for Boys and Girls
A Government Industrial School was established in 1893 at Claisebrook, and moved to Subiaco in 1897. It was originally for girls, and was then used for older children and for the 'temporary reception' of children awaiting other placements. By 1902 it was called the 'Government Industrial School and Receiving Depot' and by 1907 it was known as the 'Government Receiving Depot'.
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A Government Industrial School was established in 1893, after the passage of the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act 1893. Although originally intended for young girls, the Government Industrial School was soon admitting older children and was increasingly used for the temporary reception of children awaiting more permanent placements, or while parents were unable to care for them. This 'reception' function soon became part of the institution's title, persisting until 1980.
The 'Report by the Superintendent of Public Charities and Inspector of Industrial and Reformatory Schools, 1902' (p.16) noted that the 'younger destitute children formerly detained in the Home for Women' (Women's Home, Female Home) 'are now resident at Subiaco'.
By 1907, recognising that the institution that had begun as the Government Industrial School no longer functioned in that way, the words, 'Industrial School' were dropped from its title. The new name, Government Receiving Depot' recognised the institution's primary function as the temporary accommodation of children awaiting placement elsewhere.
Locations
- 1893? - 1897
- Location - Government Industrial School operated from rented premises in the East Perth area
- 6 October 1897 - 1907
- Address - Government Industrial School was located on the corner of Railway Parade and Barker Road, Subiaco
Timeline
- 1893 - 1907
- Government Industrial School
- 1907 - 1935
- Government Receiving Depot
- Series Title
- Correspondence Files, Colonial Secretary's Office, Chief Secretary's Department (1883 - 1983)
- Date Range
- 1883 - 1983
- Reference
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AU WA S675
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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Please contact the Search Room, State Records Office of Western Australia:
Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street West Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3600
Fax: (08) 9427 3638
Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Admission Registers of the Government Receiving Home [Walcott Street, Mt Lawley] (1894 - 1988)
- Date Range
- 1894 - 1988
- Reference
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- 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
Government Industrial School, Subiaco, 1906
Gymnasium - Government Industrial School, Subiaco, 1906
Workshops - Government Industrial School, Subiaco, 1906
Laundry and Nursery Buildings - Government Industrial School, Subiaco, 1906
Government Industrial School for Boys and Girls
Government Industrial School Subiaco, 1900
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