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Western Australia - Organisation
Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1902 - )
- From
- 1902
- Categories
- Care Provider, Catholic and Religious Order
- Website
- https://goodshep.org.au/
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd arrived in Western Australia in October 1902 from Abbotsford, Victoria. The Order originally came from France. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd had established Homes for 'destitute women and girls' throughout the world. Residents worked in the laundries run by the Sisters. In WA, the Sisters ran the Home of the Good Shepherd in two sections: a women's home (from 1902) and a reformatory (from 1909). In 1904, the Sisters opened a new convent and Home in Leederville and the Home of the Good Shepherd in Adelaide Terrace, Perth, closed.
Publications
Books
- Byrne, Geraldine, Built on a hilltop : a history of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Western Australia, 1902-2002, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Leederville, 2002. Details
Resources
Online Resources
- 'Ladies' Column [Good Shepherd Nuns]', The Daily News, 25 October 1902, p. 9, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81323465. Details
- 'The Good Shepherd Nuns', The West Australian, 25 December 1902, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24851134. Details
- 'Fallen Women's Home [Good Shepherd]', Sunday Times, 15 November 1903, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57188077. Details
- 'Submission No. 483 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 1 November 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- 'Submission No. 410 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 26 July 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Catholic Welfare Australia, 'Submission No. 71 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'Home of the Good Shepherd Industrial School for Girls', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx. Details
- National Directory of Records of Catholic Organisations Caring for Children Separated from Families, A Piece of the Story: A Research Project Undertaken by the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission and the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, November 1999, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/A-Piece-of-the-Story-Directory-of-Catholic-Records-.pdf. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 'The Good Shepherd Nuns', The West Australian, 25 December 1902, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24851134;
'Ladies' Column [Good Shepherd Nuns]', The Daily News, 25 October 1902, p. 9, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81323465;
'Fallen Women's Home [Good Shepherd]', Sunday Times, 15 November 1903, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57188077;
Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'Home of the Good Shepherd Industrial School for Girls', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 21 May 2021