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Organisation Castledare (1929 - 1983)
Castledare Slideshow, 1940s - 1960s, courtesy of Christian Brothers Institution Albums 1 & 2 (Holy Spirit Collection).
Details
- From
- 1929
- To
- 1983
- Categories
- Care Provider, Catholic, Children's Home and Disability Institution
- Alternative Names
- Castledare Boys' Home (also known as)
- Castledare Junior Orphanage (also known as)
- Castledare Special School (also known as)
- St Vincent's Boys' Home (also known as)
Summary
Please note that this page reproduces the original language used in the historical sources drawn upon to compile this entry. This language includes offensive and derogatory terms which are today considered unacceptable. We apologise for any offence caused by such language.
Castledare operated between 1929 and 1983 and was run by the Christian Brothers. Castledare was originally a 'special' school for boys with learning difficulties; it then became a more general educational and residential institution that accommodated boys from various backgrounds including Wards of the State, child migrants, orphans and private admissions. Australian-born children, and British and Maltese child migrants aged from about 6 to 12 years lived at Clontarf.
The Christian Brothers' institutions Bindoon, Clontarf, Castledare and Tardun first received widespread publicity about child abuse in the early 1990s. In 1993, the Christian Brothers in Western Australia issued an apology and from 1995 have funded independent services to help with family tracing, counselling and remedial education for men who had suffered in their institutions. Many former residents of these institutions have shared their experiences and memories (bad and good) at government inquiries, in books and in oral histories.
Records
Some records are held by the Christian Brothers Archives and some records are held by the government department responsible for child welfare. Former child migrants can also access information held on the Personal History Index (PHIND). The Battye Library also has general historical information about Castledare and admission registers can also be accessed there.
Access
While access to personal records is restricted to protect the privacy of individuals, you are very welcome to enquire.
Contact
The Archivist
Christian Brothers
Oceania Support Centre
PO BOX 1129
Bentley DC WA 6983
Phone: (08) 9365 2813
Email: archiveswa@edmundrice.org
For information about children placed by the Child Welfare Department or its successors:
Freedom of Information
Department for Child Protection and Family Support and Family Support
PO Box 6334
East Perth WA 6892
Phone: (08) 6217 6388 or (08) 6217 6381
Fax: (08) 9222 2776
Free call in WA: 1800 000 277
Email: foi@dcp.wa.gov.au/
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For people wishing to access the Battye Library's collection of historical material:
State Library of Western Australia
25 Francis Street
Perth Cultural Centre
Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Fax: (08) 9427 3256
Queries: www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/information_services
Web:www.slwa.wa.gov.au
Details
Events
- 1929 - 1983
- Castledare provided accommodation at Wilson. Location: Wilson
Related Entries
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Publications
Find & Connect - Western Australia Exhibitions
- On their own: Britain's child migrants, Australian National Maritime Museum and National Museums Liverpool 2010, http://www.britainschildmigrants.com. Details
Books
- Knight, Ivor Alan, Out of darkness : growing up with the Christian brothers, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, South Fremantle, 1998. Details
Online Resources
- Child migration to Australia - Fact sheet 124, National Archives of Australia, http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs124.aspx. Details
- 'Boy Migrants', The West Australian, 10 August 1938, p. 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42103871. Details
- '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, http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061101.htm. Details
- Cosgrove, Oliver Manuscript Note, State Library of Western Australia, State Library of Western Australia, 1998, http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/mn/mn1501_2000/mn1621.pdf. Details
- 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 4 June 1998', in Health - Third Report, House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 4 June 1998, http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8060401.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 25 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, 23 May 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 41 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, 23 July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 85 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, 1 July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 496 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, 24 November 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 483 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, 1 November 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 365 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, 25 March 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 251 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, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 34 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, 5 July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 11 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, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- Father Hudson's Society, Father Hudson’s Society, 2008, http://www.fatherhudsons.org.uk. Details
- Child Migrants Trust [website], 2011, http://www.childmigrantstrust.com. Details
- Catholic Child Welfare Council, 'CCWC Minutes of Evidence Document 5', in Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061108.htm. 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_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- Coldrey, Barry, 'Submission No. 15 Inquiry into Child Migration', in Inquiry into child migration - Submissions which may be accessed electronically, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2001, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_migrat/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- Coldrey, Barry, 'Submission No. 40 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, 19 April 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- Coldrey, Barry, Good British Stock: Child and Youth Migration to Australia, National Archives of Australia, 1999, http://guides.naa.gov.au/good-british-stock/. Details
- Congregation of the Christian Brothers WA and SA, 'Submission No. 65 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_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- Department for Community Development, State of Western Australia, 'Submission No. 55 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_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. 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, http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061115.htm. Details
- Health Committee, House of Commons, Health - Third Report, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 23 July 1998, http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/75502.htm. Details
- Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'Castledare', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, http://www.signposts.communitydevelopment.wa.gov.au/. Details
- The International Association of Former Child Migrants and Their Families, 'Submission No. 129 Inquiry into Child Migration', in Inquiry into child migration - Submissions which may be accessed electronically, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, January 2001, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_migrat/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
Gallery
- Title
- Departures from Britain and Malta Slideshow
- Type
- Video
- Date
- 1940s - 1950s
- Source
- Christian Brothers Institution Albums 1 & 2 (Holy Spirit Collection)
- Title
- Castledare Slideshow
- Type
- Video
- Date
- 1940s - 1960s
- Place
- Western Australia
- Source
- Christian Brothers Institution Albums 1 & 2 (Holy Spirit Collection)
- Title
- John Moss C.B.E. U.K. Child Welfare Expert. Visit to Australia. Part II
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 1951 - 1952
- Control
- A445, 133/3/7
- Source
- National Archives of Australia
- Note
- pp.29, 106, 121, 127, 137
- Title
- CCWC Minutes of Evidence Document 3
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 11 June 1998
- Source
- House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom
Sources used to compile this entry: Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'Castledare', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, http://www.signposts.communitydevelopment.wa.gov.au/.
Prepared by: Anna Trengove and Leanne Howard
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 5 February 2013
Last updated: 28 May 2013
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