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Organisation Child Welfare Reception Home (1953 - 1972)
Child Welfare Reception Home, 15 August 1954, courtesy of National Library of Australia.
Details
- From
- 1953
- To
- 1972
- Categories
- Care Provider, Children's Home, Government-run and Receiving Home
- Alternative Names
- Child Welfare Department Reception Centre (1954)
- Mt Lawley Children's Reception Centre (1954)
- Mt Lawley Reception Home (1954)
- Receiving Depot (1954)
Summary
The Child Welfare Reception Home in Mt Lawley was run by the Child Welfare Department. It had a number of functions. It was a temporary place for children coming into the child welfare system and who went on to placement in an institution or foster home. Children from the country who had no family in Perth might also stay there while they had medical or dental treatment in Perth. The Reception Home also took children who had been referred from the Children's Court, or who were awaiting a court appearance.
Details
In 1954, the Mt Lawley Reception Home was criticised by an academic study which found that the facilities were old, inappropriate and depressing; that there was too much (and unnecessary) use of solitary confinement, and that the treatment of juvenile offenders in the State was well behind modern standards of practice.
Events
- Location: Mt Lawley
Related Entries
Timeline
1894 - 1935 Government Receiving Depot
1935 - 1952 Government Receiving Home
1953 - 1972 Child Welfare Reception Home
1973 - 1980 Mount Lawley Reception Home
1980 - 1993 Walcott Centre
Records managed by
Run By
Publications
Reports
- Child Welfare Department, Annual Report of the Child Welfare Department for the Year Ended 30th June 1953, Government of Western Australia, 1953. Details
- Western Australia. Child Welfare Department, Annual Report of the Child Welfare Department, Child Welfare Department, Perth [W.A.], 1929-1972. Details
Online Resources
- 'State's Treatment Of Juvenile Offenders Is Condemned', The West Australian, 13 July 1954, p. 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52954491. Details
- 'Mt. Lawley Reception Home's Detention Methods Are Primitive - But They Have A Tough Job', Sunday Times, 15 August 1954, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59693713. Details
- 'Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation [Mt Lawley Government Receiving Home]', in Heritage Places Database, Western Australia State Heritage Office, Government of Western Australia, 14 May 2002, http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Content/PdfLoader.aspx?id=69a5f511-3e6d-4883-a253-8ccedd13c1b2&type=assessment. Details
- 'Submission No. 287 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 December 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
- 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
- Foster, Darren J, 'Submission No. 347 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, 3 April 2004, 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
Gallery
- Title
- Child Welfare Reception Home
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 15 August 1954
- Source
- National Library of Australia
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Mt. Lawley Reception Home's Detention Methods Are Primitive - But They Have A Tough Job', Sunday Times, 15 August 1954, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59693713; 'State's Treatment Of Juvenile Offenders Is Condemned', The West Australian, 13 July 1954, p. 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52954491; Child Welfare Department, Annual Report of the Child Welfare Department for the Year Ended 30th June 1953, Government of Western Australia, 1953; 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/.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 19 March 2012, Last modified: 11 February 2013
Last updated: 22 March 2013
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