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Western Australia - Organisation
Withnell House (1952 - 1969)
- From
- 1952
- To
- 1969?
- Categories
- Salvation Army, Children's Home, Hostel, Home, Adolescent Care
Withnell House was located in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. It was a hostel run by the Salvation Army from 1952 for boys who were Wards (migrant or Australian-born) who worked in the city. Withnell House ceased to be a hostel for boys in 1969. From that time, the building became known "Withnell House Girls' Home"; it accommodated residents and staff from transferred to Mount Lawley from the former Salvation Army Girls' Home, Cottesloe.
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Withnell House, Mt Lawley, was donated to the Salvation Army by Mrs Ellen Withnell in 1948. Some time after this, it was used by the Salvation Army Boys' Home, Nedlands, as an annexe. In September 1952, Withnell House became the Salvation Army's first Youth Hostel.
Withnell House closed in 1969. It is possible that any boys in residence at the hostel at time were transferred to the Hollywood Children's Village in Nedlands. In 1969, the building became a Salvation Army home for girls (residents and staff were transferred to Mount Lawley from the Salvation Army Girls' Home, Cottesloe). Because of this, the Mount Lawley home was sometimes called 'Cottesloe House'. Its official name was 'Withnell House Girls' Home'.
Locations
- 1952? - 1969
- Address - Withnell House was located at 68 Guildford Road, Mount Lawley
- Series Title
- Files - Child Welfare, State Records Office of Western Australia (1917 - 1972)
- Date Range
- 1917 - 1972
- Reference
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3172
[State Records Office of Western Australia Series Number]
- Contact
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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
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Children's Homes, Heritage and Memorabilia (1880 - )
- Date Range
- 1880 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist, Salvation Army Heritage Centre:
Street Address: 69 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Postal Address: PO Box 18185, Collins Street East, Melbourne VIC 8003
Phone: (03) 9639 3618
Fax: (03) 9639 3618
Email: lindsay.cox@aus.salvationarmy.org /
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Department of Aboriginal Affairs [predecessors], Records (1886 - 2004)
- Date Range
- 1886 - 2004
- Reference
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- Contact
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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
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Children's Homes Collection held by Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA (1898 - )
- Date Range
- 1898 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact Major Dennis L. Dell, Director Salvation Army Heritage Museum WA:
Street Address: Level 3, 333 William Street, Northbridge WA 6003
Postal Address: PO Box 8498, Perth BC WA 6849
Phone: (08) 9260 9500 (Tuesdays)
Email: dennis.dell@aus.salvationarmy.org
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Index to the War Cry (1883 - )
- Date Range
- 1883 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist, Salvation Army Heritage Centre:
Street Address: 69 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Postal Address: PO Box 18185, Collins Street East, Melbourne VIC 8003
Phone: (03) 9639 3618
Fax: (03) 9639 3618
Email: lindsay.cox@aus.salvationarmy.org /
DETAILS
- 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
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5039271
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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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/
DETAILS
Withnell House History Book, cover
The Salvation Army Youth Hostel, Withnell House
Withnell House
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