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Western Australia - Organisation
Australasian Province of the Christian Brothers (1885 - 1953)
- From
- 1885
- To
- 1953
- Categories
- Care Provider, Catholic and Religious Order
- Alternative Names
- Christian Brothers (also known as)
- Congregation of Christian Brothers (also known as)
- St Mary's Province of the Christian Brothers (also known as)
The Australasian Province of the Christian Brothers operated in Australia from 1885 and was also known as St Mary's Province of the Christian Brothers. It was a province of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Christian Brothers first established by Edmund Rice in Ireland in 1808. The Christian Brothers ran the children's homes Bindoon, Castledare Special School, Castledare, Clontarf, Subiaco Boys' Orphanage and Tardun Farm School in Western Australia. In 1953 the organisation expanded and to improve organisational control the Australasian Province was divided into two new Provinces: the St Mary's Province of the Christian Brothers and the St Patrick's Province of the Christian Brothers. The St Patrick's Province continued to run the children's homes in Western Australia.
Publications
Books
- Coldrey, Barry M., The Scheme: the Christian Brothers and Childcare in Western Australia, Argyle-Pacific Pub., O'Connor, W.A., 1993. Details
- Davies, Kate, When innocence trembles : The Christian Brothers orphanage tragedy, a survivor's story, Kapak Publishing, Norfolk Island, 2004. Details
- Hawkins, John Patrick, The bush orphanage : recollections of a British child migrant and the truth about Australia's human trafficking past, Jolo, Docklands, Victoria, 2009. Details
- Plowman, David, Enduring Struggle, Scholastic Press Australia, Broadway, Nedlands, Western Australia, 2003. Details
- Raftery, Mary and O'Sullivan, Eoin, Suffer the Little Children: The Inside Story of Ireland's Industrial Schools, New Island, Dublin, 1999. Details
Online Resources
- 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998', in Health - Third Report, House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061101.htm. Details
- 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 4 June 1998', in Health - Third Report, House of Commons Health Committee, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 4 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8060401.htm. Details
- 'Submission No. 365 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, 25 March 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- 'Submission No. 34 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, 5 July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- 'Submission No. 11 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, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- 'pp.4-5.', Presentation to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Non-Government Organisations on Behalf of The Christian Brothers Oceania Province, 1 May 2013, https://web.archive.org/web/20170401131542/http://www.edmundrice.org.au/oldsite/images/Presentation_To_Victorian_Parliamentary_Inquiry.pdf. Details
- Catholic Child Welfare Council, 'CCWC Minutes of Evidence Document 5', in Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Health Committee on 11 June 1998, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 June 1998, https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/8061108.htm. Details
- Catholic Welfare Australia, 'Submission No. 71 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, July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Coldrey, Barry, 'Submission No. 15 Inquiry into Child Migration', in Inquiry into child migration, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2001, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_migrat/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- Coldrey, Barry, 'Submission No. 40 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, 19 April 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- The International Association of Former Child Migrants and Their Families, 'Submission No. 129 Inquiry into Child Migration', in Inquiry into child migration, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2001, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_migrat/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
Photos
- Title
- The Christian Brothers' Agricultural School, Tardun, Western Australia
- Type
- Document
- Date
- c. 1936
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 'pp.4-5.', Presentation to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Non-Government Organisations on Behalf of The Christian Brothers Oceania Province, 1 May 2013, https://web.archive.org/web/20170401131542/http://www.edmundrice.org.au/oldsite/images/Presentation_To_Victorian_Parliamentary_Inquiry.pdf;
Plowman, David, Enduring Struggle, Scholastic Press Australia, Broadway, Nedlands, Western Australia, 2003.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 25 September 2014