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Western Australia - Organisation
Greenbushes Hostel (1942 - 1946)
Greenbushes Hostel, Western Australia, ca. 1942., c. 1942, courtesy of State Library of Western Australia.
Details
- From
- 1942
Greenbushes
- To
- 1946
- Categories
- Children's Home, Home and Protestant
- Alternative Names
- Sister Kate's Children's Cottage Home, Greenbushes (also known as)
Greenbushes Hostel was the name given to the Sister Kate's Children's Cottage Home during its wartime evacuation to Greenbushes in southern Western Australia. Some children and staff relocated to the de-licensed Duke of York Hotel at Greenbushes on 29 February 1942. By 1944, some of the children and staff had returned to Queen's Park but Greenbushes was kept on until about December 1946.
Publications
Books
- Whittington, Vera, Sister Kate: a life dedicated to children in need of care, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1999. Details
Online Resources
- 'Sister Kate Finds a Haven for her Kiddies', Sunday Times, Sunday Times, 1 March 1942, p. 10, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59166084. Details
- Graham, WT, 'Sister Kate', Western Mail, Charles Harper, J.W. Hackett, James Gibey, for the Western mail office, Perth, 7 November 1946, p. 29, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53248575. Details
Photos
- Title
- May Holt and children at Greenbushes following evacuation from the Queens Park Children's Cottage Home, Western Australia, ca. 1942.
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1942
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
Details
- Title
- Greenbushes Hostel, Western Australia, ca. 1942.
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1942
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
Details
- Title
- Sister Kate Finds a Haven for her Kiddies
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1 March 1942
- Source
- National Library of Australia
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Sister Kate Finds a Haven for her Kiddies', Sunday Times, Sunday Times, 1 March 1942, p. 10, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59166084;
Whittington, Vera, Sister Kate: a life dedicated to children in need of care, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1999.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 19 July 2012, Last modified: 20 November 2014