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Western Australia - Organisation

Irrabeena (1961 - )

From
1961
Categories
Community Service Organisation, Government Agency and Records Holder
Alternative Names
  • Irrabeena Advisory and Investigation Centre (also known as)

Irrabeena began in 1961 as the Slow Learning Children's Group's diagnostic and assessment centre in Perth. In 1964, Irrabeena became part of the Mental Health Services. Children were assessed at Irrabeena before placement.

Related Organisations

  • Graceville Centre (1903 - )

    Graceville Centre residents with intellectual disabilities attended Irrabeena programs in the 1970s and 1980s.

    Date: 1970s - 1980s

  • Mental Health Services (1954 - 1984)

    Irrabeena began in 1961 as the Slow Learning Children's Group's diagnostic and assessment centre in Perth and became part of the State Government's Mental Health Services in 1964.

  • Slow Learning Children's Group (1951 - 1989)

    Irrabeena began in 1961 as the Slow Learning Children's Group's diagnostic and assessment centre in Perth and became part of the State Government's Mental Health Services in 1964.

Publications

Book Sections

  • Gillgren, Christina, 'Once a Defective, always a Defective: Public Sector Residential Care 1900-1965', in Errol Cocks (ed.), Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia, Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 1996, pp. 53-91. p.77. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Gillgren, Christina, 'Once a Defective, always a Defective: Public Sector Residential Care 1900-1965', in Errol Cocks (ed.), Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia, Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 1996, pp. 53-91. p.77.; State Records of WA, Item A0227 V1 - Institution - Departments - Longmore Remand Home - Establishment (p.224).

Prepared by: Debra Rosser