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Western Australia - Organisation
Carnarvon Teens Hostel (1968 - 1984?)
Carnarvon Teens Hostel, 1968 - 1969, courtesy of Global Mission Partners, Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Photographs.
Details
- From
- 1968
- To
- 1984?
- Categories
- Churches of Christ, Home and Hostel
- Alternative Names
- Carnavon Hostel (also known as)
- Town Hostel (also known as)
- Working Youth Hostel (also known as, 1969 - 1970)
Carnarvon Teens Hostel was a hostel for around ten young people (male and female) in Carnarvon. It opened in 1968, and was part of the Carnarvon Mission that was run the Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board (Inc). The hostel aimed to give young people from Carnarvon Mission (later, Ingada Village) an opportunity to live in the Carnarvon township while going to high school, or while they were working.It was located near the Christian Centre and church, and closed in the mid-1980s.
Publications
Reports
- Wilson, Katrin and Michael V. Robinson., Aboriginal Hostels in Perth : A Comparative Survey, Department of Native Welfare, [Perth, W.A.], 1971. Details
Online Resources
- To Remove and Protect: Aboriginal Lives Under Control [website], 2010, https://aiatsis.gov.au/collection/featured-collections/remove-and-protect. Details
- Bringing Them Home: The 'Stolen Children' Report (1997), Australian Human Rights Commission, 2011, https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/publications/bringing-them-home. Details
- Information Services, Department for Community Development, Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx. Details
Photos
- Title
- Teens Hostel
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1968 - 1969
- Source
- Global Mission Partners, Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Photographs
Details
- Title
- Carnarvon Teens Hostel
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1968 - 1969
- Source
- Global Mission Partners, Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Photographs
Details
- Title
- Carnarvon Mission Ingada Village
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 22 April 2014
- Source
- Deslee Moyle
- Note
- p. 2
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Carnarvon Mission Ingada Village [Document], Date: 22 April 2014;
Carnarvon Teens Hostel [Image], Date: 1968 - 1969;
Information Services, Department for Community Development, Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx; Interview conducted by Debra Rosser with Avon and Deslee Moyle, Duncraig, on 15 April 2013 regarding the Carnarvon Teens Hostel.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 20 July 2018