Swanleigh Council was the body formed in 1959 to develop and govern the largest Anglican institution, Swanleigh, which replaced Swan Homes in 1960. In 1962 Swanleigh Council was replaced by The Swanleigh Hostel Council. In The Noisy Mansions (1986, pp.210-214), former Director of Swan Homes and Swanleigh, Roy Peterkin gave an overview of the role…
The Anglican Homes Board was the body formed to replace Anglican Orphanages Board of Management to govern Anglican Children’s Homes in Perth. The Anglican Homes Board was supplemented by the Swanleigh Council which was formed to develop and govern the largest Anglican institution, Swanleigh, which replaced Swan Homes. In The Noisy Mansions (1986, pp.210-214), former…
The Anglican Orphanages Board of Management was the body formed to replace Orphanages’ Committee to govern Anglican orphanages and children’s homes in Perth. In 1954 the Anglican Orphanages Board of Management was replaced by the Anglican Homes Board. In The Noisy Mansions (1986, pp.129, 210-214), former Director of Swan Homes and Swanleigh, Roy Peterkin gave…
The Committee was the first body set up by the Anglican church in Perth to govern the Perth Girls’ Orphanage, and other Anglican children’s Homes as they were established. In 1889 The Committee was replaced by the Orphanages’ Committee. In The Noisy Mansions (1986), former Director of Swan Homes and Swanleigh, Roy Peterkin quoted (p.6)…
Hillston, Anglican Farm School, Stoneville was the new name given to the Anglican Farm School, Stoneville in 1962. It was an ‘open’ reformatory for adolescent boys. It was run by a combined government-Anglican committee called the Committee of Anglican Diocesan Council and Child Welfare Department. In 1969 Hillston, Anglican Farm School, Stoneville became the government-run…
This ‘open’ reformatory for adolescent boys was established by the government, and opened on 12 August 1955. It was run by a combined government-Anglican committee and managed by the church until April 1960. At this time the Anglican Homes Board requested to be relieved of responsibility to the Home, and the Anglican Diocese of Perth…
Geraldton Group Home was established in 1977 as a government-run facility providing accommodation for children aged 0-17 years, including Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children who were wards of the State and those who were not wards. In 1981 it was replaced by Westview. Government reports (Signposts 2004, pp.216-217) show that in 1977, the Department for Community…
Cosmo Newbery Native Settlement, north-east of Laverton, was a government-run reformatory for Aboriginal youth from 1951. In December 1953, the settlement was transferred to the control of the United Aborigines Mission and became known as Cosmo Newbery Mission. The Commissioner for Native Affairs was the guardian of any child placed at Cosmo Newbery. Cosmo Newbery…
Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Hostel was the new name given to the government-run Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Placement and Support Centre, Halls Creek, in 2007. Children who could not live at home with family were accommodated there. By around 2013, it was more commonly known as the Yurag-Man-Taam-Purru Group Home. Hodgkins, Crawford and Budiselik explain “‘Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purra’, the name…
Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Placement and Support Centre was the new name given to the government-run Charles Perkins Hostel in Halls Creek around 2000. Children who could not live at home with family were accommodated there. In 2007, it became known as the Yurag-Man-Taam-Purru hostel.
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