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Sister Kate's site to become home to Perth's first Aboriginal aged care facility

ABC News

2025

Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home in Queen’s Park, Perth, Western Australia was in operation from 1934 and was referenced in the Bringing Them Home Report (1997) as an institution that housed stolen Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children.

The Sister Kate’s site is now being used to develop Perth’s Aboriginal aged care facility. The facility will have 100 beds & anticipated to open in 2028.

Sue Gordon, the chair of the Aboriginal corporation heading the development, was taken from her family in 1947. From the age of 4, she spent 14 years at Sister Kate’s.

Trauma warning: This archive contains material relating to care experience including references to abuse, neglect, sexual violence, and institutional harm.

 

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


Website set up with support from The Welland Trust 

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