Swanleigh

• Perth Boys' Orphanage (1869 - 1876)
• Swan Boys' Orphanage (1876 - 1942)
• Swan Homes (1943 - 1959)
• Swanleigh (1960 – 2010)

Run by

• Swanleigh Council (1959 - 1961)
• The Swanleigh Hostel Council (1962 - 1970)
• The Anglican Homes Board: Swanleigh Council (1971)
• Swanleigh Council (1972 - 2010)

Related Organisations

• The Children's Society, United Kingdom (1881 - current)
• Seaside House, Coogee (1931 - 1968)
  Seaside House, Coogee was run as a branch of Swanleigh. Annual summer holidays at Coogee for children from Swanleigh continued until Coogee closed, and the children there were transferred to Swanleigh.
  Date: 1960 - 1968
• Merredin Residential College (1954 - current)
  Two Wardens at Merredin Residential College (1954 - ) had previously worked at Swanleigh , one as Deputy Director.
• Country High School Hostels Authority, State of Western Australia (1960 - 2017)
  When Swanleigh was established as a hostel in 1960, it was responsible to the Country High School Hostels Authority, State of Western Australia.
• Narrogin Residential College (1963 - current)

Related Legislation

• Anglican Church of Australia (Swanleigh Land and Endowments) Act 1979, Western Australia (1979 - current)

This page was written by Debra Rosser, last updated 4 October 2024. Sources used to create this entry:

• A. Roy Peterkin, The Noisy Mansions: the story of Swanleigh 1868-1971, 1986 View Publication Details
• Peterkin, A. Roy, The Noisy Mansions : the story of Swanleigh 1868-1971, 1986. Relevance: pp.170,178, 213 View Publication Details
• Public Sector Commission, Western Australia, St Andrew's Hostel Inquiry, 19 September 2012. Relevance: St Andrew's Hostel Inquiry Public Hearing Transcript pp.233-234, 261, Chapter 12t – 20 June 2012 pp.3775-3782; 28 June 2012 pp.4085-4087; Inquiry report Chapter 13, pp 271-272 View Publication Details

• Heritage Council of Western Australia, Swanleigh Precinct, inHerit: our heritage places, 8 February 2015. View Publication Details
• Information Services, Department for Community Development, Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, 2004. View Publication Details
• Ken Pound interviewed by Gwenda Davey in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project, 29 November 2010 - 13 December 2010. View Publication Details

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Records held by other organisations

• Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia, Records (1880s - 2010)
• Former Child Migrants Referral Index (1913 - 1968)
• Former Child Migrants Blue Index Cards (1947 - 1968)
• Files - Child Welfare, State Records Office of Western Australia (1 January 1917 - 16 June 1972)
• Files - Departmental [Education Department] (1 January 1885 - 31 December 2000)
• Correspondence files, single number series with 'B' [Child Endowment] prefix (1904 - 1974)
  Item B539 of the Child Endowment correspondence files relates to Swanleigh