St Anne’s Nursing Home was a maternity and general hospital run by the Sisters of Mercy from 1937 in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. Many babies were adopted from St Anne’s. Around 1958, the Home became known as St Anne’s Maternity Home. St Anne’s Nursing Home was mentioned in the Commonwealth Contribution to Former…
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.
Wanneroo Native School, also known as Galililup Mission Farm (with various spellings) was established in 1844 by the Wesleyan (Methodist) Rev. John Smithies as a farm school to educate and train Aboriginal children aged 6-19 years, some of whom had come from the Native School in Perth when it closed. Wanneroo Native School relocated to…
Wesleyan Methodists arrived in Western Australia in 1829 and were involved in out of home care from the early days of colonial settlement. In 1900 an independent Methodist Conference was established in Western Australia. In 1915 the ‘Central Methodist Mission’ was established to manage metropolitan charity work on behalf of the Methodist Conference. In 1977,…
The Methodist Hostel for Boys was established in 1946 by the Home Missions Department of the Methodist Church as a hostel for boys going to high school in Albany. It was known as ‘Norman House’ after Mr John Norman who was a member of the Methodist Conference in recognition of what was described as his…
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 Geraldton Protestant Children’s Home Inc was incorporated in Western Australia on 26 May 1921. It ran a number of hostels for children going to high school in Geraldton including the Protestant Children’s Home.
The Anglican Diocese of North West Australia was part of the Diocese of Perth (Northern Diocese) from 1910 but was established as a separate entity in December 1961.
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