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Western Australia - Organisation
Sisters of Nazareth (1938 - )
- From
- 1938
- Categories
- Care Provider, Catholic, Records Access Service, Records Holder and Religious Order
- Alternative Names
- Poor Sisters of Nazareth (also known as)
- Website
- http://www.sistersofnazareth.com
The Sisters of Nazareth, a Catholic religious order of women, run Nazareth House at Bluff Point in Geraldton. From 1941 to around 1977, the Sisters accommodated children there. The Sisters of Nazareth were also part of the Catholic Migration Scheme which brought children from Britain and Malta after World War II.
Publications
Books
- Plowman, David, Enduring Struggle, Scholastic Press Australia, Broadway, Nedlands, Western Australia, 2003. Details
Online Resources
- 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998', in Health - Third Report, House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061101.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 410 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 26 July 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Catholic Welfare Australia, 'Submission No. 71 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Family Care Society, 'Memorandum by the Family Care Society', in Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061115.htm. Details
- 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
Prepared by: Leanne Howard and Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 10 November 2014