Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL) was established in June 1973 to provide hostel accommodation and related services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia. AHL was established by the Commonwealth Government as a not-for-profit company, with the AHL board reporting to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. It ran at least one children’s home/hostel for…
This is a copy of a photograph of boys in a dormitory at Castledare in Western Australia. It was published on a webpage about Castledare Boys’ Home.
Stubbs Terrace Children’s Home at 233 Stubbs Terrace, Shenton Park, was an inpatient unit for children and young people set up under the Mental Health Act. Residents could be aged between 4 and 17. Delphine Jamet writes that young people were admitted to Stubbs Terrace for temporary care, for a wide range of reasons: “Some were…
This is a copy of a photograph of Stubbs Terrace children’s psychiatric hospital, published in an article on the ABC News website in 2025.
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The WA Stolen Generations Redress Scheme opened on 10 November 2025. The scheme is available to Aboriginal people who were removed from their families as children in Western Australia before 1 July 1972. Eligible applicants receive a one-off payment of $85,000 and an opportunity for a personal acknowledgement from a representative of the WA government….
Records of United Aborigines Mission (UAM) – copies of records from the UAM Archive made by Alison Longworth is an archival collection at the State Library of South Australia. The records comprise copies made by Alison Longworth when she visited the UAM Archive in Doncaster, Victoria, in the early 2000s while undertaking research for her…
Aboriginal Affairs photographic negatives is a series held by the National Archives of Australia. It consists of black and white 35mm and 6 x 6cm negatives and three 5 x 4″ (12.5 x 10cm) colour internegatives from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. These items document events relating to Aboriginal Affairs. It includes photographs of institutions such…
Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board Records is a collection of records of children placed at Missions, Homes, and Hostels run by the Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Mission Board (1942-2009). These records are now held by Global Mission Partners. The collection includes personal record cards for each child that was placed at the…
Fairbridge Village provided accommodation and training for homeless and disadvantaged youth. It was established by Jesus People in 1983 on the former site of Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. Funding difficulties meant that the project did not realise its aims to accommodate up to 250 young people at a time, and it closed in early 1985….
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