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)

 

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