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Temporary Care
Temporary Care is a term to describe the short-term, emergency, respite or crisis accommodation of children and young people.
Albany Group Home (1978? - )
Albany Youth Support Association Inc. (c. 1980 - )
Alinjarra Cottage (1986 - 1991)
Anglicare Youth House (1994 - 1995?)
Armadale Youth Accommodation Service (1989 - 2002)
Bedford Hostel (1971 - 2009)
Boomerang Youth Hostel (1979 - 2011)
Bulungurr Hostel (1973 - 1985?)
Calvary Welfare Services (1985 - 1993)
Calvary Youth Services Mandurah Inc. (1993 - )
Carlisle Group House (1976 - 1994?)
Carmel House (1983 - 1991)
Carnarvon Group Home (1997 - )
Catherine House, Broome (1975 - 1991?)
Chesterfield House, Rockingham Youth External Accommodation Project (1983 - )
City of Canning Youth Accommodation Service (1994 - ?)
Cockburn Youth Services Association (1989? - 1993?)
Convalescent Home, Busselton (1918 - 1924)
Darlot Street Hostel, Meekatharra (1981? - 1987?)
Female Home [Poor House, Perth] (1851 - 1909)
Fremantle Community Youth Services (1977 - ?)
Girls' Friendly Society (Western Australia) (1888 - )
Golden Mile Youth Hostel (1989 - 1999)
Goldfields Group Home (1980? - 1987?)
Government Industrial School (1893 - 1907)
Graceville Centre (1903 - )
Great Mates - Armadale Youth Crisis Accommodation (2003 - 2005?)
Ieramugadu Shelter (1982 - 1994?)
Jesus People (Inc) (1974 - 1997)
Jibson House (2011 - 2014)
Kalgoorlie Child Welfare Cottage (1930s - c. 1978)
Kalgoorlie Group Home (1987 - )
Karratha Youth Housing (1987 - 2008)
Kyewong Hostel (1967? - 2002?)
Lady Lawley Cottage by the Sea (1903 - 2020)
Langford Youth Accommodation Service (1986? - 2001)
Laverton Hostel (1984 - 1994)
McCall Centre (1971 - 2005?)
Meekatharra Hostel (1983? - 2005?)
Mission Australia - Youth Accommodation and Support Service (YASS) (1991 - )
Mission Australia (1997 - )
Ngangganawili Group Home (1981 - 1982?)
Northam Group Home (1980 - 2005?)
Nulungu (1971 - 1994)
PICYS (Perth Inner City Youth Service) Household Network (1980 - )
Port Hedland Group Home (1977 - 1983?)
Prom Hostel (1986 - 1992)
South Hedland Group Home (1979 - 2000?)
South Perth Refuge (1978? - 1991?)
STAY Geraldton (1984 - )
StreetsYde (1988 - 2014)
Swan Accommodation Service (The Junction) (1980 - )
TINOCA (Youth Futures WA) (1986 - )
Victoria Park Youth Accommodation (1983 - )
Wanslea (1947 - 1984)
Wanslea Hostel (1943 - 1946)
Westview (1981 - )
Women's Home, Fremantle (1909 - ?)
Yes! Housing (1997 - )
Yirra Hostel (1986 - 1993)
Young House (1980s - )
Young Single Women's Refuge (c. 1980 - 1991)
Youth Accommodation Program- Youth Involvement Council (Hedland) (1983 - )
Youth Household (1985 - 1988)
Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Placement and Support Centre (2000? - 2007)
Term commonly found on child welfare records
A phrase, word or abbreviation commonly used as a shorthand notation within child welfare records.
Absconding (1844 - )
Boarding Out (1897 - 1976)
Borderline Defective (1920s - 1950s)
Care and Protection (1976 - )
Child Migrant
Delinquent
Feeble-Minded (1920s - 1950s)
Foster Care (1907 - )
Idiot (1920s - 1940s)
Illegitimate Child (1896 - 1976)
Imbecile (1920s - 1940s)
Juvenile Offending (1840s - )
Lock-Up (1900s)
Mentally Deficient
Moral Defective (1920s - 1950s)
Neglected Child (1893 - 1976)
Private Child (1870s - 1970s)
Probation
Reformatory
Residential Care
Service Children
Truant (1899 - )
Unmarried Mothers
Ward (1927 - 2004)
Type of 'care'
A method of providing for children who are not living with their families.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles (1985 - )
Aboriginal Education and Employment Hostels (1950 - )
Adoption (1896 - )
Boarding Out (1897 - 1976)
Community Support Hostel (1984 - )
Cottage Home
Farm School
Foster Care (1907 - )
Group Home (1970s - 1990s)
Hostel (1900s - )
Industrial School
Orphanage
Reformatory
Scatter Cottage (1970s - 1980s)