[Taken from the Western Australian guide Signposts:]

The Anglican Church owned 140 acres of land and a model farm was established on this acreage (the land between Swanleigh and Parkerville was owned by the Church and was called the "Ribbon Strip". Redhill's land was upon this landholding). See separate entries in Signposts for Parkerville Children's Home and Swanleigh.

The only information about the residents of Redhill comes in the form of 'head counts' at June 30 as presented in the Annual Reports of the Child Welfare Department from 1920 to 1922. These were: 1920: 12 boys; 1921: 18 boys; 1922: 5 boys admitted, 23 discharged and 13 at year end who went to the Salvation Army when Redhill closed.

As the residents went to the Salvation Army upon Redhill's closure in 1922 (by which time it was a reformatory), it may be useful to refer to the Seaforth Salvation Army Boys' Home.

See also a book, Noisy Mansions, which says that the management of Redhill was performed by the Manager of the Swan Boys' Home. A photo of Redhill can be found on page 134 of Noisy Mansions.

The Minutes of the Anglican Orphanage Committee in 1921 (p.555) describe Redhill's change of function from a reformatory:

The place had been closed as an Industrial School on the 31st January. At the request of the government and by arrangement with the Archbishop, it was re-opened temporarily as a special school for mentally defectives, for 3 months when the Government would decide whether they would take it over.

Events

1903 - 1922

Redhill Reformatory School was located at Redhill. Location: Red Hill