| St Joseph’s Farm and Trade School, Bindoon |
| Years of Operation | 1936 - 1966 |
| Role Of Facility | Residential care and schooling/training of boys generally aged from 12 to 16 years. Boys who were Wards of the state, child migrants and private admissions were all resident at Bindoon. |
| Sponsoring Agency | Christian Brothers |
Other facilities in
Signposts that are
related to the
Sponsoring Agency | See the entry “Christian Brothers” in the earlier section of Signposts, “Non-Government Agencies and their Subsidiary Institutions”. |
| Address(es) | Bindoon |
| Aliases | “Bindoon”, “Boys’ Town” |
| Brief History | “A Piece of the Story”, the National Directory of Records of Catholic Organisations Caring for Children Separated from Families ( www.catholicsocialservices.org.au/storage/A%20Piece%20of%20the%20Story.pdf ) indicates that Bindoon commenced in 1936 on donated land.
By 1967, Bindoon had ceased offering residential child care and was converted to a Secondary Agricultural College, which it remains today. The facility is now known as the Catholic Agricultural College Bindoon.
A limited chronology of the major events, admissions and discharges at Bindoon, is included in Table 40. |
| Records | Admission registers are available. Former child migrants can also access information held on the Personal History Index (PHIND).
Departmental case records for young people placed in Bindoon programs by the Child Welfare Department or its successor agencies may reside with the Department for Child Protection. |
| Access | While access to records is restricted to protect the privacy of individuals, people are encouraged to enquire. Please note that Bindoon is now an Agricultural College and does not hold any historical information on-site. Enquiries should be directed to the Archivist, below. |
| Contact Details | The Archivist, Christian Brothers’ Holy Spirit Province
PO Box 1129, Bentley DC 6983.
Telephone: (08) 9365 2813
Facsimile: (08) 9365 2814
Email: archiveswa@edmundrice.org
Web: www.edmundrice.org.au
Freedom of Information
Department of Communities
Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Telephone: (08) 6217 6888
Country free call: 1800 176 888
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website: www.communities.wa.gov.au |
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