The West Australian post office directories are a very useful source of information about the location of Children's Homes and related organisations for the first half of the twentieth century.
Information about the location of ‘charitable institutions’ such as orphanages, industrial schools and reformatories can be found in the Post Office Directories.
The 1914 and 1915 Post Office Directories give some insight into the possible end dates for this Home.
Post Office Directory 1920. ‘Hill Crest’, the home of Francis Pearse JP, is shown to be next door to the Salvation Army Maternity Home (p.84). Mrs Pearse donated Hill Crest to the maternity home, which afterwards was known as Hillcrest.
Post Office Directory 1925 p.237 shows the Methodist Girls' Home in Monmouth Street but in fact the Home had closed by then.
Post Office Directory 1895 p.20; 1897 p.253
Post Office Directory 1932. p.247