Cooinda (1966 - )

Cooinda, 1966, courtesy of Uniting Church Archives, Western Australia..
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1966

Categories

Government-run, Home, Hostel, Methodist and Uniting Church

Alternative Names

Cooinda Education and Employment Hostel (also known as)
Cooinda Hostel (also known as)
Cooinda House (also known as)

Cooinda, in Mt Lawley, was established in 1966 by Methodist Homes for Children at the request of the Department of Native Welfare to accommodate Aboriginal schoolgirls attending high school in Perth. After 1977 it was run by the agencies of the Uniting Church and in 1987 it was transferred to the Department for Community Services. Cooinda remained a departmental facility for Aboriginal student accommodation in 2014.

In government records, Cooinda is named and spelled various ways including Cooindra, Coowinda and Coowindra.

Events

1966 -: Location - Cooinda House was located on Queens Crescent, Mount Lawley. Location: Mount Lawley

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Related Concepts

Aboriginal Education and Employment Hostels (1950 - )

Publications

Journals

Uniting Church in Australia (WA Synod), Department of Media (ed.), Western Impact, 1977-2007. Details

Reports

Western Australia. Department of Native Welfare, Annual Report: Department of Native Welfare, Dept. Of Native Welfare,, Perth [W.A.], 1955-1972. Details
Wilson, Katrin and Michael V. Robinson., Aboriginal Hostels in Perth : A Comparative Survey, Department of Native Welfare, [Perth, W.A.], 1971. Details

Online Resources

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
Mofflyn, 'Submission No. 160 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, August 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
State Records Taskforce, Government of Western Australia, Looking West: A Guide to Aboriginal Records in Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, 2004, http://lookingwest.cpfs.wa.gov.au/. Details
Western Australia. Department for Community Welfare, Annual Report: Department for Community Welfare, Dept. For Community Welfare, [Perth], 1973-1984, http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b1410539~S7. Details

Photos

Title: The 'Homes' Herald 1965 [Methodist Homes for Children]
Type: Document
Date: December 1965
Source: Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Archives
Note: Plans for a new girls’ hostel that eventually became ‘Cooinda’ were related in the December 1965 edition of The ‘Homes’ Herald.

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Title: Cooinda
Type: Image
Date: 1966
Source: Uniting Church Archives, Western Australia.

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Title: The 'Homes' Herald, 1966 [Methodist Homes for Children]
Type: Document
Date: December 1966
Source: Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Archives
Note: The December 1966 edition of The ‘Homes’ Herald gave details about the new girls’ hostel in Mt Lawley that eventually became known as ‘Cooinda’.

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Title: The 'Homes' Herald, 1970 [Methodist Homes for Children]
Type: Document
Date: December 1970
Source: Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Archives

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Title: The 'Homes' Herald, 1974 [Methodist Homes for Children]
Type: Document
Date: December 1974
Source: Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Archives

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Title: The 'Homes' Herald, 1978 [Methodist Homes for Children]
Type: Document
Date: December 1978
Source: Uniting Church (Synod of Western Australia) Archives

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Sources used to compile this entry: The 'Homes' Herald, 1974 [Methodist Homes for Children] [Document], Date: December 1974; 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; Email from Jo Clarkson, Department for Child Protection and Family Support 2014-07-16, WE00063 DCPFS re Cooinda.pdf; State Records Office of Western Australia, Wards - Director's Approval to Transfer from one Institution to Another and Amend Training, Reference Code AU WA S1099- cons2607 A0191 V4 (p.74, 271, 277, 284) - page numbers refer to PDF page number in digital file held by the Department of Communities (Child Protection and Family Support) in 2017.

Prepared by: Debra Rosser

Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 8 January 2019

Cooinda (1966 - )