The Noisy Mansions : the story of Swanleigh 1868-1971

Publication Resource Details

Author
Peterkin, A. Roy
Publication Date
1986
Publisher
Perth Diocesan Trustees, Anglican Church of Australia
Place Published
Midland, Western Australia
ISBN ISSN
1862521808

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Advisory Council of Empire Settlement, United Kingdom (1925 - 1981) Relevance: pp.56, 107
Anglican Diocese of Perth (1856 - ) Relevance: p.7
Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia, Records (1880s - 2010)
Anglican Farm School, Stoneville (1955 - 1961) Relevance: pp.147, 149-150.
Anglican Orphanages Board of Management (1940 - 1954) Relevance: pp. 129, 210-214.
Annesfield (1852 - 1871) Relevance: p.4
Bishop Hale's Institution for Native and Half-Caste Children (1871 - 1888) Relevance: p.32
Fremantle Native School (1842 - 1851) Relevance: p.4
Girls' Friendly Society (Western Australia) (1888 - ) Relevance: p.61 and 171
Hillston, Anglican Farm School, Stoneville (1962 - 1969) Relevance: pp.149-150.
Hillston Point Walter Annexe (1958? - 1984?) Relevance: p.149
Investigation into the Administration of the Child Welfare Department, State of Western Australia (1953 - 1953) Relevance: The Investigation into the Administration of the Child Welfare Department of Western Australia by RH Hicks and the outcomes in terms of the development of Hillston, at Stoneville, is mentioned in ‘Noisy Mansions’ at pp.146-149.
Orphanages' Committee (1889 - 1939) Relevance: pp.18, 59, 128-129, 148-149, 151-152,166, 188-193.
Padbury Boys' Farm School (1946 - 1955) Relevance: pp. 99-101, 148. The relationships between Padbury Farm, Hillston, Swanleigh and Parkerville are explained at pages 208-210.
Perth Boys' Orphanage (1869 - 1876) Relevance: pp.12,17
Perth Girls' Orphanage (1868 - 1942) Relevance: pp.1, 6-7, 19, 20, 26-27
Perth Native School (1840 - 1845) Relevance: p.4
Redhill Reformatory School (1903 - 1922) Relevance: p.34-36
Fact-Finding Mission on Child Migration (1956 - 1956) Relevance: pp.91, 159
Seaside House, Coogee (1931 - 1968) Relevance: pp.49, 102-103, 141, 170-171, 178-179, 199, 201, 207-208
Swan Boys' Orphanage (1876 - 1942) Relevance: pp.17, 27
Swan Homes (1943 - 1959) Relevance: Part 2. For images of the grounds and of boys and staff, see p. 137 and p. 131.
Swan Native and Half Caste Mission (c. 1880 - 1920)
Swanleigh (1960 - 2010) Relevance: pp.170,178, 213
Swanleigh Council (1959 - 1961) Relevance: pp.188, 210-214.
Swanleigh Council (1972 - 2010) Relevance: pp.188, 210-214.
The Anglican Homes Board (1955 - 1970) Relevance: pp.150, 210-214.
The Anglican Homes Board: Swanleigh Council (1971 - 1971) Relevance: pp.210-214.
The Committee (1868 - 1888) Relevance: pp.6, 18.
The Swanleigh Hostel Council (1962 - 1970) Relevance: pp.210-214.

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