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Western Australia - Concept
Scatter Cottage (1970s - 1980s)
- From
- 1970s
- To
- 1980s
- Categories
- Type of 'care'
- Alternative Names
- Scatter Home (also known as)
Scatter cottage was a term used to describe a model of out-of-home care in the 1970s and 1980s. A scatter cottage was a house that was run by an institution but was not on the same property as the main institutional buildings. Usually, up to 10 children lived in a scatter cottage with houseparents.
Publications
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
- Mercy Community Services (Inc), 'Submission No. 61 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
- Mofflyn, 'Submission No. 160 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, August 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
Photos
![The 'Homes' Herald, 1970 [Methodist Homes for Children]](../objects/thumbs/tn_WD0000201 The Homes Herald 1970 Vol2 No11.png)
- Title
- The 'Homes' Herald, 1970 [Methodist Homes for Children]
- Type
- Document
- Date
- December 1970
- Source
- Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Archives
Details
![The 'Homes' Herald, 1974 [Methodist Homes for Children]](../objects/thumbs/tn_WD0000202 The Homes Herald 1974 Vol2 No20.png)
- Title
- The 'Homes' Herald, 1974 [Methodist Homes for Children]
- Type
- Document
- Date
- December 1974
- Source
- Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Archives
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: 31 May 2012, Last modified: 7 February 2019
