Fremantle Asylum was a government-run facility, established in 1857 to house adults with mental illness. By the 1890s increasing numbers of children aged 9-15 years with intellectual and other disabilities were sent there. Fremantle Asylum closed in 1909. Fremantle Asylum was built and run by the colonial government from 1857. By the 1890s increasing numbers…
Gerald Mission was established in 1851 when the government granted the Wesleyan Reverend John Smithies land to relocate the Wanneroo Native School to more arable land in York. Aboriginal adults and children from Wanneroo relocated there. In 1854 the government took over the administration, and in 1855 Gerald Mission closed. The Wanneroo Native School had…
Hillston Point Walter Annexe operated from around 1958. It was located at the Point Walter Migration Reception Centre. The Annexe was intended to provide a place where ‘trusted boys were sent for a trial period prior to their return to civil life’. The Hillston Point Walter Annexe closed around 1984.
A Native Institution was established by the colonial government in 1834. Its purpose was to teach English to local Aboriginal people and instruct them in living in a settled colony. The Superintendent was Francis Armstrong, who was the ‘native interpreter’ for the colony. The institution closed in 1838 and a steam mill was built in…
Hardie House was established around 1964 in South Hedland. It was a hostel to accommodate children attending the Port Hedland High School that opened around that time. Hardie House was operating in the 1980s, by which time it was managed by Goldsworthy Mining, but it is uncertain when it closed. Hardie House, also known as…
John Frewer House was established in 1968 to replace Forrest Lodge. It provided residential accommodation for boys attending high school in Geraldton. John Frewer House was managed by Geraldton Protestant Children’s Homes Inc on behalf of the Country High School Hostels Authority. In 1981, the manager of John Frewer House was appointed to manage both…
Dellahale House was established in 1964 to replace the Protestant Children’s Home in Geraldton. It provided residential accommodation for girls attending high school in Geraldton. Dellahale House was managed by Geraldton Protestant Children’s Homes Inc on behalf of the Country High School Hostels Authority. In 1981, the manager of John Frewer House was appointed to…
The Country High School Hostels Authority ran a hostel for students going to the Carnarvon High School from 1964. In testimony to the Special Inquiry into St Andrew’s Hostel, Katanning, it was stated that the Carnarvon Senior High School hostel was still operating in 1978 but closed sometime before 1984.
The Priory was a hostel for students going to high school in Albany. The Priory was purchased by the Education Department of Western Australia in 1955. It was possibly run by the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury on behalf of the Education Department from 1957. From around 1961 to 1988 it was under the control of…
The Moore River Native Settlement was established by the government of Western Australia in 1918. Aboriginal children of all ages from all over the State were placed there. In 1951, the government transferred management to the Methodist Overseas Mission who opened Mogumber on the same site. The Moore River Native Settlement was established by the…
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