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Organisation Methodist Children's Home (1922 - 1959)
General View of the Home, 14 September 2012, courtesy of National Library of Australia.
Details
- From
- 1922
East Victoria Park - To
- 1959
- Categories
- Care Provider, Children's Home, Cottage Home, Methodist and Orphanage
- Alternative Names
- Children's Home, Victoria Park
- Mofflyn (1959 - )
- Victoria Park Children's Home
Summary
The Methodist Children's Home opened in 1922 on a property in Sussex Street, East Victoria Park. It was the first child care institution that was run by the Methodist Homes for Children, which was part of the Methodist Church in Western Australia. Over time, a number of cottages were built on the site: Mofflyn House (1925), Wesley, Guild, Dowerin and Meckering (1952).
In 1959 the Methodist Children's Home became known as 'Mofflyn House' which quickly became shortened to 'Mofflyn'.
Records
The Methodist Homes for Children ran the Methodist Children's Home at East Victoria Park until the Uniting Church was formed in 1977. For assistance with records for agencies and services pre-dating the amalgamation of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches, please refer to contact details for UnitingCare West and the Uniting Church Synod of Western Australia archives.
Departmental case records for young people placed in the Methodist Children's Home by the Child Welfare Department may be held by 'Freedom of Information' in the Department for Child Protection.
Access While access to records is restricted to protect the privacy of individuals, people are encouraged to enquire.
Contact
UnitingCare West
Central Office
16 Sunbury Road
VICTORIA PARK WA 6100
Postal Address:
GPO Box B74
PERTH WA 6838
Telephone: 1300 663 298 (08) 9355 9116
Facsimile: 1300 663 528
Email: admin@unitingcarewest.org.au/
Web:www.unitingcarewest.org.au
Synod of Western Australia, UCA Archives Research Centre,
91 Edward Street, Perth WA 6000
GPO Box M952, Perth WA 6843
Telephone: (08) 9227 6427 (please leave a message and we will return your call)
Facsimile: (08) 9227 6416
Email: archiveswa@amnet.net.au/
Freedom of Information
Department for Child Protection
PO Box 6334, East Perth WA 6892
Telephone: (08) 6217 6388 or (08) 6217 6381
Facsimile: (08) 9222 2776
Free call in WA: 1800 000 277
Email: foi@dcp.wa.gov.au/
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Details
Events
- 1922
- The Methodist Home for Children was established to care for orphaned children or those who could not live at home with their parents. Location: East Victoria Park
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
Online Resources
- 'Methodist Church', The West Australian, 26 February 1921, p. 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27957454. Details
- 'The Methodist Children's Home, Victoria Park', Western Mail, Western Mail, 26 April 1923, p. 26, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44762864. 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
- Their History: History of a Child in Care, Howard, Philip J, 2012, http://www.theirhistory.co.uk. Details
- 'Archer', 'Woman's Realm: Methodist Children's Home', The West Australian, The West Australian, 27 November 1936, p. 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41255296. 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
- Information Services, Department for Community Development, 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
- 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_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- NCH (National Children's Homes) (UK), 'Submission No. 98 Inquiry into Child Migration: Submissions', 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
- NCH Action for Children, 'Memorandum by NCH Action for Children', 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/755/8061116.htm. Details
- Parliament of Australia Senate, Lost Innocents: Righting the Record Report on Child Migration, Community Affairs References Committee, Senate Printing Unit, Canberra, 2001, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_migrat/report/index.htm. Details
Gallery
- Title
- General View of the Home
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 26 April 1923
- Place
- East Victoria Park, Western Australia
- Source
- National Library of Australia
- Title
- Children on the Asturius arriving in Western Australia, October 1950
- Type
- Image
- Date
- October 1950
- Control
- Call No. 816B/C/4452-4459
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
- Title
- Mofflyn turns back the pages
- Type
- Document
- Date
- February 2006
- Source
- Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Archives.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Methodist Church', The West Australian, 26 February 1921, p. 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27957454; Information Services, Department for Community Development, 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/; Parliament of Australia Senate, Lost Innocents: Righting the Record Report on Child Migration, Community Affairs References Committee, Senate Printing Unit, Canberra, 2001, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_migrat/report/index.htm.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 5 November 2012
Last updated: 22 March 2013
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