History
Uniting WA (previously UnitingCare West) commenced operations as a new community service agency of the Uniting Church Western Australia on 1 July 2006.
The agency was created following a decision by the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Western Australia to merge services and programs of eight community services agencies and parish missions: Fremantle Wesley Mission, Rainbow Project, Trinity Outreach Services, UCA Outreach Services, UnitingCare Kwinana; Mofflyn, Uniting Community House, and Wesley Mission Perth.
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2020 Commenced trading as Uniting WA
2015 UnitingCare West begins delivering disability support services in Albany and Surrounds
2013 UnitingCare Crossroads merges into UnitingCare West
2013 Food Rescue merges into UnitingCare West
2009 SafeCare merges into UnitingCare West (became Child and Family Therapeutic Service)
2006 UnitingCare West forms
2002 Trinity Residential College forms (merger of Kingswood College and St Columba College)
1999 First Rainbow Lunch occurs
1997 Tranby College established
1992 UnitingCare Kwinana opens
1983 St Stephen’s School established
1982 UCA Outreach Services Forms
1977 Basis of Union – Uniting Church in Australia forms
Pre-Union Legend
Methodist Church of Australasia
Presbyterian Church of Australia
Congregational Union of Australia
1952 Penhros College established
1923 Fremantle Central Methodist Mission forms (became Fremantle Wesley Mission)
1923 Wesley College established
1922 Methodist Homes for Children forms (became Mofflyn)
1915 Central Methodist Mission forms (became Wesley Mission Perth)
1915 Presbyterian Ladies’ College established
1908 Methodist Ladies’ College established
1897 Scotch College established
1893 First ‘Sister of the People’ appointed for Fremantle
1881 Build commences on Perth Presbyterian Church, then Fremantle and Albany
1879 David Shearer establishes the Presbyterian Church in WA
1870 Wesley Church opens, with the bell from the ‘Tranby’
1865 Trinity Outreach Services operating from new Trinity Church
1843 First prayer meeting held
1830 Joseph and John Wall Hardey arrive on the ‘Tranby’ and build Tranby House
1829 Henry Trigg arrives on the ‘Lotus’