The Victoria Park Library holds a local history collection which is designed to preserve the history of the Town and information relevant to the area. The collection includes maps, photographs, newsletters and oral history interviews, which includes mention of children’s Homes.
The Prince’s Trust was established in 1976 to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people in the United Kingdom. In 2011 the Trust merged with another charity, Fairbridge, making The Prince’s Trust the contact to access Fairbridge Society’s records. In 2024, The Prince’s Trust was renamed to The King’s Trust.
The Lambeth Palace Library is the library and archive for the Archbishops of Canterbury and the Church of England. It holds a large collection of books and manuscripts relating to the Church of England’s activities in England and overseas. The Lambeth Palace Library holds the collection of the Church of England Record Centre, which officially…
The National Archives of Australia – Perth Office is located in East Victoria Park. It holds a collection of records including items on Commonwealth government activities such as migration and Aboriginal affairs. The majority of records are from after 1901 but there are some records from before that date. The collection includes records related to…
The Archives of the Pallottine Fathers and Brothers – Australian Region came into being in the 1990s, when the Pallottines appointed archivists ‘to try to establish some sort of order in the documents that were accumulating in all Pallottine houses around Australia’ according to their website.
South Perth Hospital Inc was the new name given to the South Perth Community Centre Hospital Inc in 2003. South Perth Hospital Inc holds admission and birth records from 1956. The South Perth Hospital ‘Our History’ web page includes the ‘SPH Documentary’, a 9-minute video that gives some background to the development of the hospital…
Calvary Youth Services Mandurah Inc. was the new name given in 1993 to Calvary Welfare Services. Since then it has provided emergency accommodation and support services to teenagers and young people who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. Calvary Youth Services was incorporated on 16 February 1993, as Calvary Youth Services Mandurah Inc.,…
The Catholic Archdiocese of Perth began when Catholic Diocese of Perth was elevated in 1913. The Archdiocese continued to be active in the establishment and operation of children’s institutions and Homes in Western Australia. It was also involved in the Catholic Immigration Scheme, and ran the agencies Catholic Family Welfare Bureau (later Centrecare) and the…
The YMCA Perth was established in 1908 as a community service organisation. From 1989 until 31 March 2014 it ran the emergency youth accommodation service, StreetsYde. The YMCA Perth holds the records of this StreetsYde program.
Parkerville Children and Youth Care (Inc) was established as a legal entity in 2005. Previously it was known as Parkerville Children’s Home Incorporated. It is the organisation that has inherited the history, records and ongoing operations of the Parkerville Children’s Home. In 2014, it also provided out of home care in metropolitan and regional Western…
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