Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Placement and Support Centre was the new name given to the government-run Charles Perkins Hostel in Halls Creek around 2000. Children who could not live at home with family were accommodated there. In 2007, it became known as the Yurag-Man-Taam-Purru hostel.
1962 - 2000? Charles Perkins Hostel
2000? - 2007 Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Placement and Support Centre
2007 - Yurag-Man-Gu Taam-Purru Hostel
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Tabled Papers', in Parliament of Western Australia website, Parliament of Western Australia, 2000 -, https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Test/Tables.nsf/screenLaunch. Department for Family and Children’s Services Annual Report 2000-2001, p.135; Department for Community Development Annual Report 2004-2005, p.129; Department for Community Development Annual Report 2005-2006, p.156; Department for Child Protection Annual Report 2006-2007, p.9..
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 15 October 2014