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Western Australia - Organisation
Katanning Group Home (1978 - 1989?)
- From
- 1978
- To
- 1989?
- Categories
- Baptist, Cottage Home and Home
- Alternative Names
- Marribank Group Home (also known as)
- Oxley Road Cottage
Cottage (also known as)
Katanning Group Home (also known 'Oxley Road' or 'Marribank Group Home') was established in 1978, by the Baptist Union, to accommodate Aboriginal children from Marribank, possibly while they went to school in Katanning. By 1984, it was providing short-term and emergency care for up to six children. It had closed by 1989.
Publications
Reports
- Western Australia. Department for Community Services, Annual Report: Department for Community Services, Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, [Perth], 1985-1992. Details
Online Resources
- Information Services, Department for Community Development, 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
- State Records Taskforce, Government of Western Australia, Looking West: A Guide to Aboriginal Records in Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, 2004, http://lookingwest.cpfs.wa.gov.au/. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Information Services, Department for Community Development, 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: 16 June 2014