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Western Australia - Organisation
St Anne's Maternity Home (c. 1958 - 1982)
- From
- c. 1958
- To
- 1982
- Categories
- Adoption Agency, Catholic and Maternity Home
- Alternative Names
- St Anne's Hospital (also known as)
- St Anne's Maternity Hospital (also known as)
St Anne's Maternity Home was run by the Sisters of Mercy from around 1958 in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. During this time St Anne's was referred to as both a Hospital and a Home, with the terms being used interchangably. Many babies were adopted from St Anne's in this perod. In 1982 the Home was officially renamed St Anne's Mercy Hospital.
Publications
Online Resources
- 'Maternity Home Regulations', in Government Gazette of Western Australia, 20 October 1944, https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg1944_048.pdf/$FILE/Gg1944_048.pdf. Details
- 'Submission No. 150 Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices', in Submissions received by the Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2012, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/submissions. Details
- 'Submission No. 13 Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices', in Submissions received by the Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2012, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/submissions. Details
- 'Submission No. 322 Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices', in Submissions received by the Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2012, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/submissions. Details
- 'Submission No. 234 Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices', in Submissions received by the Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2012, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/submissions. Details
- MercyCare Anniversary Celebratory Newsletter, MercyCare, November 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20130411043751/http://www.mercycare.com.au/resources/Anniversary%20Newsletter%20A4%20%20-%20web.pdf. Details
- Catholic Health Australia, 'Submission No. 279 Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices', in Submissions received by the Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2012, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/submissions. Details
- McLay, Anne, Women Out of Their Sphere, A History of the Sisters of Mercy in Western Australia, Vanguard Press, Northbridge, Western Australia, 1992, 483 pp, https://institute.mercy.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Women-Out-of-Their-Sphere.compressed.pdf. Details
- Western Australia. Department for Community Development, ROADS. An index of locations and access to adoption records., with Adoption Service, Department for Community Development, Dept. For Community Development, 2005, https://web.archive.org/web/20110327071024/http://www.dcp.wa.gov.au/FosteringandAdoption/Documents/ROADS2006.pdf. Details