Roelands Village is a nationally significant heritage site surrounded by the rolling Seven Hills. Formerly a Mission housing Aboriginal children, removed from families, and the base for one of Western Australia’s most successful citrus fruit exporting businesses, the Mission today has been transformed into a welcoming place which the former ‘Mission kids’ now run.
Accommodation includes the former dormitory style, large shared group houses sleeping up to 16, located around a central Village lawn and communal basketball court, surrounded by the serenity of Roelands Farm. There is also a multipurpose hall and commercial kitchen available to hire for groups and meetings that can accommodate up to 100 people.
Woolkabunning Kiaka means “Been there, left and returned to the place of many hills.” The Village looks to create a positive place of healing and development for the children of the mission and their families. Roelands Mission was home to over 500 stolen generation children. Today it is about creating an area where culture can be rediscovered and opportunities can begin to grow.
