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Narrogin Residential College

Narrogin Residential College was run by the Country High School Hostels Authority from 1963. At that time it was known as Narrogin Hostel. Its purpose was to accommodate children who went to high school in Narrogin. The Narrogin hostel was mentioned in the Special Inquiry into St Andrew’s Hostel, Katanning in 2012. It is clear…

Merredin Residential College

Merredin Residential College is a hostel for children going to the Merredin High School. It was established and run by the Anglican Church from February 1954, under the control of a local management committee. At this time, it was known as St Michael’s Hostel. From 1962, the Country High School Hostels Authority ran St Michael’s…

St Andrew’s Hostel

St Andrew’s Hostel was established by the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury in 1964 as a hostel for students going to school in Katanning. It was governed by the Country High School Hostels Authority (the Authority), and built with government funds, but was administered by the Bunbury Diocese until 1971. In 1971, the Diocese withdrew from…

Geraldton Residential College

Geraldton Residential College opened in 2002 as a coeducational hostel to accommodate students attending high school in Geraldton. It replaced John Frewer House (boys) and Dellahale House (girls), which had closed in 2001.

Esperance Residential College

Esperance Residential College continued the functions of the previous St Andrew’s Hostel, Esperance as a government-run hostel for young people attending high school in Esperance.

Broome Residential College

Broome Residential College opened in 2008, to provide accommodation for young people going to high school in Broome. It was one of the Country High School Hostels Authority colleges. Broome Residential College was established by the Country High School Hostels Authority in 2008. The Redress WA schedule of ‘Facilities Operated Subject to the Country High…

Chidley Educational Centre

The Chidley Educational Centre was established in 1976 by the Education Department of Western Australia in Mosman Park as a result of advocacy by the Isolated Country Parents’ Association. It was a short-term (six month) residential program for children from country areas who needed specialist learning support. In 1979, there were up to forty children…

Moola Bulla Station

Moola Bulla was established as a government-run station near Wyndham. It was established to be self-supporting, training Aboriginal families to farm the land with European methods. Children were removed from other locations and placed at Moola Bulla, or were sent from there to institutions in Perth. Moola Bulla closed in 1955. Moola Bulla Station was…

City of Canning Youth Accommodation Service

The City of Canning Youth Accommodation Service was established in 1994. Since that time it has provided medium-term supported accommodation for young people aged between 15 and 25 years. In 2021, it continued to offer supported accommodation for 16-21 year olds for up to twelve months. The City of Canning Youth Accommodation Service began in…

Wollaston

Wollaston was a Home in Bunbury that was run in 1973 by the Roelands Native Mission Farm and then, from 1975, by the Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Inc. It accommodated up to five Aboriginal children from Roelands Village while they went to school or training in Bunbury. Wollaston later accommodated young people…