Swan Boys’ Orphanage, Middle Swan
Middle Swan
Guildford
WA
Australia
Provider: Unknown
Year Opened: 1876 (previously,
the Perth Boys’ Orphanage)
Year Closed: 1942 (In 1943 Swan Boys’ and Perth Girls’ orphanages were combined to form Swan Homes, later Swanleigh)
Alternative Names:
- Swan Boys’ Home (also known as)
- Swan Orphanage Industrial School for Junior Protestant Boys (also known as, 1903–1904)
- Swan Protestant Orphanage for Boys (also known as, from 1897)
- Swan Protestant Orphanage Industrial School (also known as, from 1898)
Related News Articles
Swan Orphanage Case, 14 July 1911 (Daily Telegraph)
Death of a Boy in Orphanage, 13 August 1911 (Sunday Times)
Boxing at Swan Boys’ Home, 9 December 1943 (West Australian)
Support for Swan Homes, 13 May 1954 (Konjup Courier)
Child Sex Abuse Victim Speaks About Shame of Swan Homes Orphanage, 6 September 2015 (Perth Now)
Historic Win for Western Australian Sexual Abuse Survivor, 25 May 2020 (Maurice Blackburn Press Release PDF)
CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery
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Image – The Swan Orphanage Farm – Find & Connect – Western Australia (findandconnect.gov.au)
Image – Coogee Home [I] – Find & Connect – Western Australia (findandconnect.gov.au)
Image – Coogee Home [II] – Find & Connect – Western Australia (findandconnect.gov.au)
Child sex abuse victim speaks about shame of Swan Homes orphanage
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