This ‘open’ reformatory for adolescent boys was established by the government, and opened on 12 August 1955. It was run by a combined government-Anglican committee and managed by the church until April 1960. At this time the Anglican Homes Board requested to be relieved of responsibility to the Home, and the Anglican Diocese of Perth…
Geraldton Group Home was established in 1977 as a government-run facility providing accommodation for children aged 0-17 years, including Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children who were wards of the State and those who were not wards. In 1981 it was replaced by Westview. Government reports (Signposts 2004, pp.216-217) show that in 1977, the Department for Community…
Cosmo Newbery Native Settlement, north-east of Laverton, was a government-run reformatory for Aboriginal youth from 1951. In December 1953, the settlement was transferred to the control of the United Aborigines Mission and became known as Cosmo Newbery Mission. The Commissioner for Native Affairs was the guardian of any child placed at Cosmo Newbery. Cosmo Newbery…
Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Hostel was the new name given to the government-run Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Placement and Support Centre, Halls Creek, in 2007. Children who could not live at home with family were accommodated there. By around 2013, it was more commonly known as the Yurag-Man-Taam-Purru Group Home. Hodgkins, Crawford and Budiselik explain “‘Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purra’, the name…
Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Placement and Support Centre was the new name given to the government-run Charles Perkins Hostel in Halls Creek around 2000. Children who could not live at home with family were accommodated there. In 2007, it became known as the Yurag-Man-Taam-Purru hostel.
Gelorup Residential Group Home was the new name given to the government-run Canowindra Group Home around 2013. It continued to accommodate children from the Bunbury area so that they could maintain family and other social relationships while they were unable to live at home with family.
La Grange Bay Ration Depot was the new name given by the Chief Protector of Aborigines from 1950 to what had been known as the La Grange Bay Feeding Depot. From that time a more estblished camp was developed for over 100 Aboriginal people, including children. By 1951 a school for around 11 children had…
The La Grange Bay Feeding Depot was the new name used from 1918 by the Chief Protector of Aborigines for what had been known as the La Grange Bay Relief Station. By 1929, Aboriginal people were given rations ‘twice daily’ at the Depot, including a total of about 60 Aborignal children over the year. By…
La Grange Bay Feeding Depot was established by the Chief Protector of Aborigines in 1912. Aboriginal people had been receiving rations from the La Grange Bay telegraph station from around 1900, but from 1912 a paid government officer was appointed to distribute food, blankets, clothing, and medical treatment. The Aboriginal people visiting the station may…
Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Canning Vale, was established by the government of Western Australia in October 1997, replacing the Longmore Training Centre and the Nyandi Detention Centre. It is a secure facility for up to 120 young people (male and female) aged 10 to 17 years who have been sentenced, are on remand or…
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