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Appendix 1: Numbers at a Glance

St Joseph’s Native School and Orphanage, St Mary’s Native School and Orphanage, Benedictine Missionary Sisters of New Norcia.

Data for Aboriginal children compiled by Peter Hocking, Archivist, New Norcia, and Mark Chambers, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia. Data for Benedictine Missionary Sisters compiled by Katharine Massam.

Year

St Joseph’s

St Mary’s

Total children

Benedictine Sisters

1900

14

3

17

0 [Br Miró and matrons from 1870s until 1904]

1901

13

3

16

0

1902

13

4

17

0

1903

13

6

19

0

1904

26

9

35

Teresians 7

1905

7

33

40

Teresians 7

1906

11

45

56

Teresians 7

1907

17

34

51

Teresians 6

1908

17

26

43

Teresians 6

1909

18

20

38

Teresians 3

1910

23

16

39

1

1911

32

22

54

1

1912

34

26

60

3

1913

29

29

58

3

1914

28

24

52

3

1915

28

22

50

4

1916

35

24

59

4

1917

36

20

56

4

1918

35

17

52

4

1919

36

18

54

4

1920

40

24

64

5

1921

45

23

68

7

1922

46

23

69

7

1923

49

25

74

7

1924

45

31

76

7

1925

46

30

76

9

1926

44

32

76

8

1927

47

35

82

8

1928

42

35

77

8

1929

43

37

80

11

1930

52

38

90

11

1931

51

43

94

13

1932

50

33

83

13

1933

33

40

73

15

1934

37

39

76

14

1935

41

28

69

14

1936

21

39

60

14

1937

29

31

60

14

1938

29

41

70

14

1939

32

29

61

14

1940

31

33

64

14

1941

45

34

79

14

1942

47

41

88

13

1943

46

45

91

13

1944

46

44

90

13

1945

48

46

94

13

1946

50

45

95

13

1947

25

20

45

13

1948

37

19

56

24

1949

32

13

45

25

1950

33

4

37

30

1951

35

4

39

29

1952

49

21

70

28

1953

53

10

63

27

1954

61

20

81

27

1955

75

35

110

28

1956

95

54

149

28

1957

117

81

198

28

1958

104

83

187

28

1959

120

97

217

31

1960

119

81

200

31

1961

117

74

191

30

1962

106

84

190

32

1963

91

97

188

32

1964

87

116

203

32

1965

95

110

205

32

1966

89

94

183

32

1967

108

79

187

31

1968

109

54

163

31

1969

91

27

118

31

1970

75

22

97

30

1971

59

43–51

112–120

31

1972

46

19–26

65–72

30

1973

24

14–19

38–43

30

1974

28


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