The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc.), better known as ALSWA, has been operating in WA for over thirty years. The ALS ‘provides legal representation and support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Western Australia, including advocating in policy and law reform in submissions, at conferences and in the media.’
Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA) was established in 1995 as ‘an Australian charity dedicated to the health and wellbeing of adult survivors of all forms of child abuse and neglect.’ The organisation provided advocacy services, support, information and referrals to survivors of all forms of child abuse and neglect. It became the Blue Knot Foundation…
The Office of the Public Advocate in Western Australia (OPA) ‘works to promote and protect the human rights of more than 65,000 Western Australian adults with decision-making disabilities.’ As well as describing what they do, the OPA’s website ‘provides information to help families, friends, carers, health professionals, legal practitioners, primary care givers and accommodation service…
CBERS Consultancy provided family tracing, counselling and advocacy for former residents and students of Christian Brothers institutions and former residents of institutions operated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Nazareth. Previously it was CBERS Services which ceased operation in December 2005. CBERS Consultancy was located in Fremantle and began in January 2006….
FACT (Forgotten Australians Coming Together) is a Western Australian representative body for those who spent part of their childhood in out-of-home ‘care’, including former child migrants from the UK and Malta, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian-born care leavers. Laurie Humphreys, a former child migrant, was the inaugural Chairman of FACT (Forgotten Australians Coming Together), formed…
The Country High School Hostels Authority governed the operations of education hostels throughout regional Western Australia. These were hostels set up for children in rural and regional areas, who boarded at the hostel to attend school. It was not uncommon for children who were state wards to be boarded in one of the Authority’s hostels….
The State Records Office of Western Australia was established in 2001, following the passing of the State Records Act 2000. It is the key repository for government documents in Western Australia. The state archives collection includes records that might be of interest to people who were in out of home care as children. These records…
The Chief Protector of Aborigines was an official role first held in 1898. The Aborigines Act 1897 abolished the Aborigines Protection Board, and created both the Aborigines Department and its head, the Chief Protector. The role was given legal authority by the Aborigines Act 1905. The Chief Protector was the legal guardian of every Aboriginal…
The Aborigines Protection Board in the Crown Colony of Western Australia was established in 1887, as a result of the Aborigines Protection Act 1886. The Board was responsible for the welfare of all Aboriginal people. This included the care, custody and education of all Aboriginal children, and the power to apprentice any Aboriginal child. In…
The Children’s Court of Western Australia began under the State Children’s Act 1907 and operated within the City of Perth. After amendments, the Court was allowed to sit in the metropolitan area. The Perth Children’s Court became known as the Children’s Court of WA when the Children’s Court of WA Act 1988 was passed. The…
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