Swan Homes (1943 - 1959)

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From

1943

To

1959

Categories

Orphanage, Children's Home, School, Anglican, Home, Receiving Agency, Protestant

Alternative Names

Swan Homes (Boys and Girls)

Swan Homes, in Middle Swan was created from a merger of two Anglican children's homes in 1943.The Perth Girls' Orphanage was evacuated to Swan Boys' Orphanage at Middle Swan during World War II, and the two children's homes merged into one institution. During this time, the type of accommodation changed from dormitories to large houses on the Middle Swan site. Swan Homes admitted children who were wards of the State, child migrants from Britain, and children placed privately by family or others. In 1960, Swan Homes became Swanleigh.

Locations

1943 - 1959: Location - Swan Homes was located in Yule Avenue, Middle Swan

Timeline

1868 - 1942: Perth Girls' Orphanage
1876 - 1942: Swan Boys' Orphanage
1943 - 1959: Swan Homes
1960 - 2010: Swanleigh

Series Title: Canon Richard Hamilton personal film [videorecording]: Swanleigh Anglican Hostel: Swan Boys Home (1943?)
Date Range: 1943 - 1943
Reference: J400490 [State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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Series Title: Canon Richard Hamilton personal film [videorecording]: Swanleigh Anglican Hostel: physical education, State Library of Western Australia (1940s)
Date Range: 1940 - 1940
Reference: J400493 [State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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Series Title: Canon Richard Hamilton personal film [videorecording]: Swanleigh Anglican Hostel: Hudleston House, State Library of Western Australia (1944 - 1946)
Date Range: 1944 - 1946
Reference: J400491 [State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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Series Title: Files - Departmental [Education Department] (1885 - 2000)
Date Range: 1885 - 2000
Reference: S24 [State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
Contact: Please contact the Search Room, State Records Office of Western Australia:
Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street West Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3600
Fax: (08) 9427 3638
Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
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Series Title: Indentures (Guardianship) (1947 - 1960)
Date Range: 1947 - 1960
Reference: S3635 [State Records Office of Western Australia Series Number]
Contact: For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
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Item Title: Ken Pound interviewed by Gwenda Davey in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project (2010)
Date Range: 2010 - 2010
Reference: 5039271 [National Library of Australia Bib ID]
Contact: Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
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Series Title: Canon Richard Hamilton personal film [videorecording]: Swanleigh Anglican Hostel: Coogee Beach, State Library of Western Australia (1940s)
Date Range: 1940 - 1940
Reference: J400492 [State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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Series Title: Raymond O. Davidson personal film [motion picture]: Swan Homes field day, official opening of Lee-Steere House Oct. 2nd., 1949
Date Range: 1949 - 1949
Reference: J400494 [State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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Series Title: Former Child Migrants Referral Index (1913 - 1968)
Date Range: 1913 - 1968
Reference: -
Contact: For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
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Collection Title: Records of child migration to Western Australia, National Archives of Australia (1947 - 1959)
Date Range: 1947 - 1959
Reference: -
Contact: Please contact the National Archives of Australia - Perth Office:
Street Address: 384 Berwick Street, East Victoria Park WA 6101
Postal Address: PO Box 1144, East Victoria Park WA 6981
Phone: (08) 9470 7500
Fax: (08) 9470 7555
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Collection Title: Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia, Records (1880s - 2010)
Date Range: 1880 - 2010
Reference: -
Contact: Please contact the Archivist at Anglican Diocese Archives (The archivist is employed full-time but access to the archives is by appointment only, please arrange at least the day before you wish to access the archives):
Address: 58 Yule Avenue, Middle Swan WA 6056
Phone: (08) 9425 7243
Fax: (08) 9374 5699
Email: archives@perth.anglican.org
Website:http://www.perth.anglican.org/resources/diocesan-archives/
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Item Title: UK fact finding mission 1956 part 2, National Archives of Australia (1955 - 1956)
Date Range: 1955 - 1956
Reference: A446, 1960/66767 [National Archives of Australia Reference Number]
Contact: Please contact the National Archives of Australia:
Street Address: Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600
Postal Address: PO Box 4924, Kingston, ACT 2604
Phone: (02) 6212 3600
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
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Series Title: Files - Child Welfare, State Records Office of Western Australia (1917 - 1972)
Date Range: 1917 - 1972
Reference: 3172 [State Records Office of Western Australia Series Number]
Contact: For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
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Series Title: Files - Aborigines Departments (1926 - 1972)
Date Range: 1926 - 1972
Reference: S2030 [State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
Contact: Please contact Aboriginal History Research Services, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries:
Postal Address: PO Box 8349, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: 1800 161 301
Email: ahrs@dlgsc.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-history/aboriginal-history-research-services
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Series Title: Student Boarder Files, Anglican Diocese of Perth (c. 1940 - c. 1970)
Date Range: 1940 - 1970
Reference: -
Contact: Please contact the Archivist at Anglican Diocese Archives (The archivist is employed full-time but access to the archives is by appointment only, please arrange at least the day before you wish to access the archives):
Address: 58 Yule Avenue, Middle Swan WA 6056
Phone: (08) 9425 7243
Fax: (08) 9374 5699
Email: archives@perth.anglican.org
Website:http://www.perth.anglican.org/resources/diocesan-archives/
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Collection Title: Records of the Church of England Council for Empire Settlement [Council for Overseas Settlement] (1925 - 1981)
Date Range: 1925 - 1981
Reference: CECES [Lambeth Palace Library Reference]
Contact: Please contact the Lambeth Palace Library:
Address: 15 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7JT, United Kingtom
Phone: +44 20 7898 1400
Email: archives@churchofengland.org - (please ensure that you write 'CERC' in the subject line).
Website: Website: https://lambethpalacelibrary.org/using-the-library/registering-and-booking/
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Anglican Homes Response to Moss Questionnaire

Enquiry by Mr. John Moss. Points on which information is needed as to provision for the welfare of children emigrating from the United Kingdom to Australia