The Country High School Hostels Ex-Gratia Scheme was established in 2012, following the Special Inquiry into St Andrew’s Hostel, the Government of Western Australia established the ‘Country High School Hostels Ex Gratia Scheme’, administered by the Department for Communities:
This Scheme has been established to provide ex gratia payments to eligible applicants who were subjected to abuse as a boarder of a hostel operating under the auspices of the Country High School Hostels Authority during the period 1960-2006.
The scheme ended in December 2013.
Hostels covered by the scheme:
- Albany (Albany Residential College, Amity House, Priory)
- Bunbury (Craig House)
- Carnarvon (Carnarvon Hostel)
- Esperance (Esperance Residential College, St Andrew’s Hostel)
- Geraldton (Dellahale House, Geraldton Residential College, John Frewer House)
- Kalgoorlie (Goldfields Hostel, Kalgoorlie Residential College)
- Katanning (Great Southern Residential College, St Andrew’s Hostel, Katanning Residential College, Reidy House)
- Merredin (Merredin Residential College, St Michael’s Hostel)
- Moora (St James Hostel, Moora Residential College)
- Narrogin (Caloola House, Ellimata House, Narrogin High School Hostel, Narrogin Residential College)
- Northam (Adamson House, Northam Residential College, St Christopher’s Hostel)
- Port Hedland (Hardie House)
