| Nollamara Children’s Respite Home (Nollamara Hostel) |
| Years of Operation | From 1973 until at least 1997 |
| Role Of Facility | Originally established as a respite home for country children who were temporarily in the city receiving medical treatment (at the Hillsborough Drive premises), Nollamara became a Scatter Cottage then an Education and Employment Hostel. |
| Sponsoring Agency | Mogumber Methodist Training Centre / Aboriginal Hostels Ltd / Departmental - predessors to the current Department for Child Protection |
Other facilities in
Signposts that are
related to the
Sponsoring Agency | See the entry “Uniting Church” in the earlier section of Signposts, “Non-Government Agencies and their Subsidiary Institutions” |
| Address(es) | 160 Hillsborough Drive, Nollamara.
50 Carcoola Street, Nollamara. |
| Brief History | A purpose-built facility established during 1973/74 by Mogumber Methodist Training Centre with the building funded by the Commonwealth and later transferred to Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. At this stage, most of the children were long term Wards of the Department. The Cottage Mother was also of long standing.
More information about Mogumber, which was the successor to the Moore River Settlement is given earlier in Signposts [see “Mogumber”]. Signposts entry for Manguri is also relevant, as Mogumber amalgamated with Sister Kate’s in 1980 (Sister Kate’s later became known as Manguri).
The WELSTAT (welfare statistics) Collection of 1979 notes “Nollamara” as a ‘scattered group home’ (ie. “a family group home whose grounds do not adjoin those of another family group home, or other residential child care establishment, operated by the same enterprise.”) that was operated by an agency other than the Department. Commenced as a facility to provide accommodation for country children who came to the city for medical treatment. The facility subsequently became an Education and Employment hostel and then a Departmental Group Home.
For notes on a general history of Group Homes, see the sections on Group Homes and Hostels at the beginning of Signposts. |
| Records | Departmental records for children placed by the Department of Community Welfare or the Department of Native Welfare may exist.
Additionally, the Department for Child Protection's Aboriginal Index and the guide, “Looking West”, should be consulted for information.
A letter of authorisation is required from the Department, for records about Mogumber and/or Manguri, which are held at the Battye Library but which are not accessible to the public.
Battye Library for general information about the Moore River Settlement.
It is not known whether any other records from the Methodist Overseas Mission are still in existence, but a contact address is given below. Enquiries might also be made through Mofflyn [see entry] as they are the successor agency to the Methodist Homes for Children.
According to the The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies website www.aiatsis.gov.au , the State Records Office in Western Australia “holds extensive records relating to missions.” Contact details are below. |
| Access | While access to records is restricted to protect the privacy of individuals, people are encouraged to enquire. |
| Contact Details | Freedom of Information
Department for Child Protection and Family Support
PO Box 6334, East Perth WA 6892
Telephone: (08) 9222 2555
Facsimile: (08) 9222 2776
Country free call: 1800 000 277
Email: foi@cpfs.wa.gov.au
Website: www.childprotection.wa.gov.au
The Assembly Archivist, Uniting Church in Australia
PO Box A2266, Sydney South NSW 1235
Telephone: (02) 8267 4267
Facsimile: (02) 8267 4222
Email: enquiries@nat.uca.org.au
Web: www.nat.uca.org.au
or
Synod of Western Australia
UCA Archives Research Centre
1st Floor 10 Pier Street, Perth WA 6000
Telephone: (08) 9221 6911
Facsimile: (08) 9221 6863
Email: archiveswa@amnet.net.au
For general information relating to missions:
State Records Office, Alexander Library Building
James St West Entrance
Perth WA 6000.
Search Centre: GroundFloor Mon-Fri:9.30am-4.30pm
Telephone: (08) 9427 3360
Facsimile: (08) 9427 3368
email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
For people wishing to access the Battye Library’s collection of historical material:
The State Library of Western Australia,
Alexander Library Building, State Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000.
Telephone: (08) 9427 3111 (local) or 1800 198 107 (WA country callers)
Facsimilie: (08) 9427 3256 Email: info@liswa.wa.gov.au
Opening hours for the Battye Library at time of publication are:
Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm; Friday 9am-5:30pm;
Saturday/Sunday 10am-5:30pm |
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