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Western Australia - Organisation
Marribank Farm Training School (1951 - 1952)
- From
- 1951
- To
- 1952
- Categories
- Farm School, Government-run, Mission
- Alternative Names
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- Location
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Marribank Farm Training School was continued on the site of the Carrolup Native Settlement when the Settlement closed in June 1951. Some teenage Aboriginal boys from Carrolup were the first residents. In June 1952, the government closed the Marribank Farm Training School, which re-opened later in 1952 on the same site, as a Baptist Union facility also called Marribank.
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Marribank Farm Training School was a government-run facility that was open for only one year. On 17 June 1951, Carrolup Native Settlement was closed and the Commissioner for Native Affairs reported that the adults were 'dispersed' but that teenage boys were kept there to establish Marribank Farm Training School. On 30 June 1952, the Marribank Farm Training School was closed. In his 1959 Annual Report (p.8), the Commissioner of Native Welfare explained that there had been a 'lack of interest in it by native parents and youths, no applications received for admission of native youths as trainees despite intensive canvassing efforts on the part of Departmental Field Officers'.
Young people at Marribank Farm Training School were under the guardianship of the Commissioner for Native Affairs.
Timeline
- 1939 - 1951
- Carrolup Native Settlement
- 1951 - 1952
- Marribank Farm Training School
- 1952 - 1988
- Marribank
- Series Title
- Files - Aborigines Departments (1926 - 1972)
- Date Range
- 1926 - 1972
- Reference
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S2030
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- 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
- 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
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