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Organisation Catholic Archdiocese of Perth (1843 - )
Reports upon the Roman Catholic Orphanages for the Year Ending 30th June 1884, 28 January 2013, courtesy of State Records Office of Western Australia.
Details
- From
- 1843
- Categories
- Care Provider, Catholic, Church and Repository
- Website
- http://www.perthcatholic.org.au
Summary
The Catholic Church has been involved in out of home care in Western Australia since the early days of European settlement. In latter years, this involvement has resulted in much controversy.
The Archdiocese of Perth is located in Perth, the capital city of the State of Western Australia. It is bounded in the north by the Diocese of Geraldton, in the east by the South Australian border, and in the south by the Diocese of Bunbury and by the Southern Ocean in its south-east corner. In church terms, Perth is the Metropolitan See for the Province of Western Australia which includes the Dioceses of Bunbury, Geraldton and Broome. The Archdiocese of Perth has historically had significant influence over the out of home care activities in these other Dioceses.
Catholic Archdiocese of Perth
PO Box 3311, East Perth WA 6892
Phone: (08) 9223 1351
Fax: (08) 9221 1716
enquiries@perthcatholic.org.au
Web: www.perthcatholic.org.au
Details
The Catholic Church in Western Australia has had a long history of involvement in out of home care. The Bishop (then Archbishop) of Perth has been a key figure in the establishment and operation of orphanages, Industrial Schools, Missions and Children's Homes around the colony and State. A number of residential facilities were run by Catholic religious orders or social welfare service agencies. These religious orders included: the Benedictines; the Christian Brothers; the Sisters of Mercy; the Oblates of Mary Immaculate; the Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate); the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; the Sisters of St John of God; and the Sisters of Nazareth. In addition, the Schoenstatt Sisters were involved with the Wandering (St Xavier) Mission, the Presentation Sisters with Christian Brothers' institutions, and the Sisters of St Joseph ran St Joseph's Preventorium, Kellerberrin.
Agencies have included Centrecare Children's Cottages and Djooraminda.
The Catholic Diocese of Broome was also involved in out of home care and Missions in the Kimberleys.
Giving evidence to the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the State Children Act Amendment Bill in October 1918, Archbishop Patrick Clune reported there were 462 children in Catholic orphanages and industrial schools (326 'Government' and 136 'private' children). The Archbishop gave evidence for the Catholic institutions regulated under the State Children Act 1907 and said that 'the most critical time' for the young people was 'when they leave' the institution. He was advocating that the institutions were 'quite as capable' as the State Children Department in finding employment, apprenticeships and 'service' positions for these young people. The Archbishop was keen to remind the Committee about the 'tacit understanding' on which the churches based their involvement in industrial schools and orphanages: that they 'should have free play in regard to religious and moral influences' and that any additional legislation that 'would interfere with those influences up to the age of 18 would not be good'. The Archbishop agreed that he 'had not a shadow of complaint' with the existing system of regulation and would be 'satisfied with any other reasonable change which might be made'.
Events
- 1843 -
- The Archdiocese of Perth is located in Perth
Related Entries
Holds
Publications
Books
- Coldrey, Barry M., The Scheme: the Christian Brothers and Childcare in Western Australia, Argyle-Pacific Pub., O'Connor, W.A., 1993. Details
- Hetherington, Penelope, Paupers, Poor Relief and Poor Housing in Western Australia 1829 to 1910, UWA Publishiing, Crawley, Western Australia, 2009. Details
- Weller, Helen [editor] with assistance from Roy Hamilton and John Harper, Sister Michael Kelly, vol. 2, Access Press, Northbridge, W.A., 1994. Details
Journals
- Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Perth (ed.), The Record, 1874-. Details
Reports
- Reports upon the Roman Catholic Orphanages for the Year Ending 30th June 1884, Government Printer, Perth, 1884. Details
- Annual Report of the Roman Catholic Orphanages for 1884-85, Government Printer, Perth, 1885. Details
Resources
- New Advent, The Catholic Encyclopedia, 2009. Also available at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen. Details
Online Resources
- '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. 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. 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. 363 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, 17 March 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- Bringing Them Home: The 'Stolen Children' Report (1997), 2011, http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/index.html. Details
- Catholic Archdiocese of Perth [website], http://www.perthcatholic.org.au. Details
- Commonwealth of Australia, Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, 1997, http://www.hreoc.gov.au/pdf/social_justice/bringing_them_home_report.pdf. 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
Gallery
- Title
- Reports upon the Roman Catholic Orphanages for the Year Ending 30th June 1884
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 14 July 1884 - 15 July 1884
- Control
- Western Australia Votes and Proceedings 1884, Paper No. 27
- Source
- State Records Office of Western Australia
- Title
- Annual Report of the Roman Catholic Orphanages for 1884-85
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 14 July 1885
- Control
- Western Australia Votes and Proceedings 1885, Paper No. 28
- Source
- State Records Office of Western Australia
- Title
- Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the State Children Act Amendment Bill
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 19 November 1918
- Control
- Western Australia Votes and Proceedings 1918 Vol.2 Paper A2
- Source
- State Records Office Western Australia
- Note
- pp.18-20
Sources used to compile this entry: Catholic Archdiocese of Perth [website], http://www.perthcatholic.org.au; Hetherington, Penelope, Paupers, Poor Relief and Poor Housing in Western Australia 1829 to 1910, UWA Publishiing, Crawley, Western Australia, 2009; 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/; Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the State Children Act Amendment Bill [Document], Date: 19 November 1918.
Prepared by: Debra Rossre
Created: 20 June 2011, Last modified: 10 February 2013
Last updated: 22 March 2013
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