Katherine Mary Clutterbuck

She was awarded an Order of the British Empire (Member of the Civil Division), on 1 January 1934, for her services to disadvantaged children.

Other improvements included a 27,000-litre (6,000-imperial-gallon) water tank and 49 hectares (120 acres) of land partially planted with fruit trees as well as a carriage and horse.

In 1932, Lefroy purchased a property in Neville Street, Bayswater called the Children's Cottage Home which was run by Clutterbuck.

The scheme's purpose was to integrate young and part Aboriginal children into white society by separating them from their families.

The process by which the separation was done has been widely condemned since a report entitled Bringing Them Home was published in 1997 following a federal government inquiry.

In June 1934, Clutterbuck and Ruth Lefroy relocated the home with ten school-aged children to a new site on Railway Street (now Treasure Road), Queens Park.

Due to a measles epidemic, the cottage was soon extended to create a ward where sick children could be isolated and nursed.

At this time Queens Park was a relatively undeveloped suburb although the cottage was well located with a school and train station nearby.

Towards the end of 1936, Neville began negotiations on behalf of Clutterbuck for the purchase of land immediately adjacent to the home.

In 1937, fund-raising by a group known as the "Virgillians", led by Mary Durack, enabled further development of the site and in 1938–41 a kindergarten and another cottage were constructed.

Some children required specialised medical attention and attendance at Perth hospitals however, and so Ruth Lefroy purchased a cottage at Roleystone.

In 1946, funds from the Lotteries Commission helped build "Gran's Cottage" (as she was then known) as a private residence for Sister Kate.