Charlotte Dyson And The Home Of The Good Shepherd... (1916).
Sister Charlotte Dyson was in charge of the Home of the Good Shepherd for the Incurables in Perth, opened in 1896. The Home of the Good Shepherd was later known as the Home of Peace in Subiaco. Charlotte Dyson was an Anglican nun who largely funded the institution herself. She was supported by some fundraising from the community including the Anglican Sunday School children.
An article titled 'Co-operation of Women for a better Perth' published in 1916 about the work being done by women in the Perth community in 1916 and wrote about the Home of the Good Shepherd and Sister Charlotte Dyson... "The Home of the Good Shepherd (nothing to do with the present R.C. Sisterhood) was opened on December 1, 1896, and was the forerunner of the present Home for Incurables, one of the finest and most beautifully unselfish works ever undertaken by this community.
Home of the Good Shepherd was begun by Miss Dyson, known as Sister Charlotte, who got the idea from an institution known as the "Friedenheim" in Hampstead, London. She began with six beds only, three for women, and three for men.
Sister Charlotte was assisted by one nurse, and the Home was maintained largely by herself, though a few seeing her self abnegation, did what they could to assist, and the Anglican Sunday School children supplied the funds for one bed, and a neighbouring parish for another.
But the end was that the present Home for Incurables ultimately came into being, and thus those suffering incurably are enabled to pass their remaining days in restful and beautiful surroundings where the end comes in all possible peace and comfort. And this is through the work begun by a woman in our midst..." (Western Women, 1 January, 1916)
The Royal Western Australian Historical Society webpage provided a photograph of Charlotte Dyson and the following description... "Sister Charlotte Dyson, who kept the Home of the Good Shepherd, at her own expense, for incurables. It afterwards became the Home of Peace. On the 16th December 1898 a public meeting was held in Perth at which it was resolved to inaugurate an institution for the treatment and comfort of incurables..." (see page 41, W A Year Book 1900).
The article is from Trove, the database of the National Library of Australia. No copyright infringement intended.
The photograph is from the Royal Western Australian Historical Society Collections. No copyright infringement intended.
Western Mail, 7 February 1903 (no copyright infringement intended)
