Sister Kate: a life dedicated to children in need of care

Publication Resource Details

Author
Whittington, Vera
Publication Date
1999
Publisher
University of Western Australia Press
Place Published
Nedlands, Western Australia
ISBN ISSN
1875560998
Description
'Sister Kate: a life dedicated to children in need of care' is a well-researched and sympathetic history of Sister Kate Clutterbuck and the organisations she founded: Parkerville Children's Home and the Children's Cottage Homes in Cottesloe and Queen's Park. The author has drawn on a range of sources, including letters, newspaper articles, government documents, interviews and Sister Kate's correspondence. People's pleasant memories of life in Sister Kate's are included and there are many photographs.

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Aborigines Department, State of Western Australia (1926 - 1936)
Child Welfare Department, State of Western Australia (22 December 1927 - 15 June 1972)
Children's Cottage Home (26 August 1933 - July 1935)
Children's Cottage Home Incorporated (1935 - 1948) Relevance: p.433
Community of the Sisters of the Church (1908 - ) Relevance: p.75.
Girls' High School, Kalgoorlie (1902 - 1916) Relevance: p.112
Greenbushes Hostel (1942 - 1946)
Kenwick Farm (1947 - 1961)
Malcolm Street Receiving Home (1907 - 1907) Relevance: pp.131, 135
Manguri (1988 - 2002)
Memorial Cottage, Roleystone (1942 - 1944)
Moore River Native Settlement (1918 - 1951)
Parkerville Children's Home (1909 - 2005) Relevance: pp.157-158; 436-438
Parkerville Children's Home Incorporated (1925 - 2005) Relevance: pp.234, 260, 437-438
Perth College (1902 - ) Relevance: pp.66, 73, 85
Presbyterian Church (1879 - 1977) Relevance: PP.439-440
Royal Commission to Enquire into and Report Upon [inter alia] the Administration of the Aborigines Department and the Condition of the Natives, State of Western Australia (1904? - 1905)
Royal Commission to Investigate, Report and Advise upon Matters in Relation to the Condition and Treatment of Aborigines 1935, State of Western Australia (1934? - 1935)
Sister Kate's Children's Cottage Home (1934 - 1980) Relevance: p. 433; 439-440
Sister Kate's Children's Home Inc (1948 - 1955) Relevance: p.433
Sisters of the Church (1901 - 1908) Relevance: pp.63, 65-66, 69-70, 73-76, 78, 82-83, 112, 131, 135.
St Peter's Boys' School, Fremantle (1903 - 1903) Relevance: pp.78, 83.
Tower House (1901 - 1903) Relevance: pp.65-66, 73, 78.
Uniting Church in Australia (Synod of Western Australia) (1977 - )
Waif's Home, Parkerville (1903 - 1909) Relevance: pp.73, 85, 88, 91, 104-105, 131

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