Kyewong, in Como, was established around 1967 as a government-run Aboriginal education and employment hostel for high school-age children who came from country areas to continue their education in Perth. In 1970, it was transferred to the Baptist Union, for young women coming to Perth from Marribank, seeking employment. By 1975, the hostel had been…
Kyarra Hostel, in Cue, was established in 1961 as a government-run Aboriginal education and employment hostel for primary school-age children who came from outstations and communities to the township of Cue. Some children were sent to Perth to continue their education at metropolitan high schools. Kyarra Hostel closed in 1984 and the property was transferred…
Koorana, in Bentley, was a non-residential school established and run from 1974 by child welfare authorities. It admitted primary-school age children who needed assistance to develop learning and behavioural skills that would enable them to return to mainstream schooling. Many children who attended Koorana lived in departmental Homes or foster care. A child did not…
Kewdale House was built in 1976 as a government-run hostel for Aboriginal teenagers aged over 15 years who came to Perth to continue their senior high school education. It is not known if Kewdale House was co-educational. It had closed by 2011. Kewdale House was purpose-built by the Department for Community Welfare in 1976, on…
Kartanup, in Katanning, was established in 1970 as a government-run hostel for boys of working age who were looking for work in the Katanning district. Authorities believed these boys would benefit from support as they learnt to live independently. It is possible that many of the boys were or had been wards of the State….
Katukutu was established in 1958, as an independently-managed hostel in Mount Lawley to accommodate young Aboriginal men coming to Perth to work from rural Western Australia. In 1961, Katukutu moved nearby into premises that had been Alvan House and by 1966 was run by the Baptist Union. It became a government-run facility by 1974, possibly…
Karingal, in Melville, which had once been a hostel for school-age children, was re-opened in December 1976 by the Department for Community Welfare as a ‘community annexe’ of the youth justice facility, Nyandi. Its purpose was to accommodate ‘younger girls’ who could receive intensive support to stay at school. By 1989 the residential program at…
Kalgoorlie Group Home was established as a government-run facility to accommodate Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, usually aged under 5 years, on a short term or emergency basis in a family-style home. It replaced the Goldfields Group Home. In 2014, it remained open. The Kalgoorlie Group Home has operated almost continuously since it was established as…
Kalgoorlie Hostel was established in 1976 as a government-run employment hostel for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal female teenagers of working age. Over the years, it also accommodated young people passing through Kalgoorlie and young Aboriginal women who came in from outback communities, or from camps near goldfields towns. Young women in family crisis were also accommodated,…
Hillston, Stoneville, was a government-run ‘open’ reformatory for adolescent boys on a working farm property. It continued the Hillston, Anglican Farm School, Stoneville. Hillston, Stoneville closed in 1984. Government reports (Signposts, 2004 pp.238-243) show that in 1969 boys from 12 years old were regularly admitted to Hillston. It was a large institution, and during the…
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