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Western Australia - Organisation
Greenbushes Hostel (1942 - 1946)
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Greenbushes Hostel, Western Australia, ca. 1942., c. 1942, courtesy of State Library of Western Australia.
DETAILS
- From
- 1942
- To
- 1946
- Categories
- Children's Home, Protestant, Home
- Alternative Names
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- Sister Kate's Children's Cottage Home, Greenbushes
Greenbushes Hostel was the name given to the Sister Kate's Children's Cottage Home during its wartime evacuation to Greenbushes in southern Western Australia. Some children and staff relocated to the de-licensed Duke of York Hotel at Greenbushes on 29 February 1942. By 1944, some of the children and staff had returned to Queen's Park but Greenbushes was kept on until about December 1946.
Locations
- 1942 - 1946
- Location - Some children and staff from Sister Kate's Children's Home at Queen's Park relocated to the de-licensed Duke of York Hotel, Greenbushes during the war
- Collection Title
- Sister Kate's Child and Family Services Private Archives, State Library of Western Australia (1944 - 2002)
- Date Range
- 1944 - 2002
- Reference
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MN 957
[State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
- Contact
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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
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
- Item Title
- Marjorie Van de Berg interviewed by W. John E. Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (2000)
- Date Range
- 2000 - 2000
- Reference
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376294
[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
- Item Title
- Kathleen Mack interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (2001)
- Date Range
- 2001 - 2001
- Reference
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2258809
[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
- Item Title
- Ken Lindley interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (1999)
- Date Range
- 1999 - 1999
- Reference
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1854266
[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
May Holt and children at Greenbushes following evacuation from the Queens Park Children's Cottage Home, Western Australia, ca. 1942.
Greenbushes Hostel, Western Australia, ca. 1942.
Sister Kate Finds a Haven for her Kiddies
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