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Western Australia - Organisation

Bethel Home Cajuput Street (1967 - 1986)

From
1967
To
1986
Categories
Cottage Care, Home and Non-denominational
Alternative Names
  • Cajuput Street (also known as)
  • Shedleys Hostel Kununurra (also known as)

Bethel Home Cajuput Street was established in Kununurra in 1967 by Bethel Inc, a non-denominational independent mission society, to provide accommodation for up to 12 primary school aged Aboriginal children (girls and boys) whose parents were not living in the Kununurra township. It had closed by 1986.

Details

Events

1967 - 1986
Address - Bethel Home Cajuput Street was located at Lot 32 Cajuput Street, Kununurra. Location: Kununurra

Publications

Online Resources

  • Shedley, Don and Shedley, Meg, Black and white best together: the Bethel story, Hesperian Press, Carlisle, Western Australia, 2007. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Shedley, Don and Shedley, Meg, Black and white best together: the Bethel story, Hesperian Press, Carlisle, Western Australia, 2007; State Records Office of Western Australia, Wards - Director's Approval to Transfer from one Institution to Another and Amend Training, Reference Code AU WA S1099- cons2607 A0191 V4 (p.137) - page numbers refer to PDF page number in digital file held by the Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) in 2017.

Prepared by: Debra Rosser