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Organisation Catherine House Incorporated (1975 - 2010?)

From
1975
To
2010?
Categories
Care Provider and Support Service

Summary

Catherine House Incorporated Independent Management Committee ran Catherine House. In 2010 Catherine House was run by the Department of Child Protection as a Placement and Support Centre.

Details

[taken from the Western Australian guide Signposts]
A committee was formed to represent the citizens of Broome to manage a child care facility. Negotiations between the Department and the committee led to the establishment of Catherine House as a contract Group Home. There is a formal agreement between both parties setting out the Department's financial and social support for the child care aspect and the responsibilities of the committee, which includes promoting community involvement. (Annual Report of the Department for Community Welfare, 1976).

Events

1975 - 2010?

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Publications

Reports

  • Western Australia. Department for Community Welfare, Annual Report: Department for Community Welfare, Dept. For Community Welfare, [Perth], 1973-1984. Details

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: 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/; Western Australia. Department for Community Welfare, Annual Report: Department for Community Welfare, Dept. For Community Welfare, [Perth], 1973-1984.

Prepared by: Anna Trengove and Leanne Howard

Created: 16 March 2011, Last modified: 10 November 2011