Memorial Cottage Roleystone 2008, courtesy of City of Armadale.
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Memorial Cottage was the name given to the Sister Kate's Children's Cottage home during its wartime evacuation to Roleystone in the Darling Ranges outside Perth. This cottage was purchased with funds donated from England in memory of Archdeacon Lefroy, hence the name 'Memorial Cottage'. After a couple of years, the children and staff moved back to Queen's Park.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'What Women are Doing: Cottage Homes', The West Australian, The West Australian, 24 June 1942, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47337262; Memorial Cottage Heritage Register [Document], Date: 2008; Whittington, Vera, Sister Kate: a life dedicated to children in need of care, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1999.
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Created: 20 July 2012, Last modified: 20 November 2014
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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