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Western Australia - Organisation
Memorial Cottage, Roleystone (1942 - 1944)
- From
- 1942
Roleystone
- To
- 1944
- Categories
- Cottage Home, Home and Protestant
Memorial Cottage was the name given to the Sister Kate's Children's Cottage home during its wartime evacuation to Roleystone in the Darling Ranges outside Perth. This cottage was purchased with funds donated from England in memory of Archdeacon Lefroy, hence the name 'Memorial Cottage'. After a couple of years, the children and staff moved back to Queen's Park.
Publications
Books
- Whittington, Vera, Sister Kate: a life dedicated to children in need of care, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1999. Details
Online Resources
- 'Mary Ferber: Sister Kate', The Daily News, The Daily News, 17 September 1942, p. 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78298386. Details
- 'What Women are Doing: Cottage Homes', The West Australian, The West Australian, 24 June 1942, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47337262. Details
- 'Virgilia', 'Thanks from Sister Kate', Western Mail, Charles Harper, J.W. Hackett, James Gibey, for the Western mail office, Perth, 26 November 1942, p. 16, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38540536. Details
Photos
- Title
- Memorial Cottage Roleystone 2008
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- City of Armadale
Details
- Title
- Memorial Cottage Heritage Register
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- City of Armadale Municipal Heritage Review - 2008
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 'What Women are Doing: Cottage Homes', The West Australian, The West Australian, 24 June 1942, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47337262;
Memorial Cottage Heritage Register [Document], Date: 2008;
Whittington, Vera, Sister Kate: a life dedicated to children in need of care, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1999.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 20 July 2012, Last modified: 20 November 2014