Casson Communities

17/04/2025

Happy Easter 2025 We here at Casson hope you have a lot's of chocolates and fun over the festive period.

04/02/2025

We have capacity!!!!!! looking to bring adventure and fun to you ...........call us or email ndis@cassonhomes.com.au

02/02/2025

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27/12/2024

Where everyone is welcome

23/12/2024

We wish all our clients and staff a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2025. We thank you for your support and are excited to work in achieving your goals. Enjoy the festivities

12/11/2024

We have two vacancies for SIL one in North Perth the other in South Guildford WA. All NDiS enquires for viewing via ndis@cassonhomes.com.au.

03/10/2024

Raising Awareness for Mental Health Week

12/09/2024

We have capacity for community participation, daily task living as well as mental health recovery programs. If you are looking for registered provider that specializes in mental health call us or email.
08 9328 8422 or ndis@cassonhomes.com.au

www.cassoncommunities.com.au

12/09/2024

As we rush every day to achieve our goals be mindful of others as they may not be ok. Take time to ask Are You Ok

25/04/2024

Earlier this year, our photography participants hosted an exhibition! It was an amazing opportunity for them to display the photos, and poems, they have been working on throughout the year. They did an amazing job!

13/03/2024

Today Western Australia included our founder Mrs. Susan Adelaide Casson MBE JP in a historical walk trail located at Karrakatta Cemetry. Over 100 years of history and we are still going strong helping those in need.

https://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/our-cemeteries/karrakatta-cemetery/karrakatta-historical-walk-trails/karrakatta-walk-trail-three-points-of-interest/

22. Susan Adelaide Casson MBE (1871-1952) Community activist and Justice of the Peace

Susan Casson Heritage Trail
Susan Adelaide Holmes was born in Geashill in Ireland on 28 December 1871, the fourth of nine children born to William Nassau and Maria Susan Holmes nee Ardagh. Susan left Ireland with her father and six siblings on board the SS Clifton arriving in Melbourne. Within a year William placed the four youngest children in Melbourne Orphan Asylum in Brighton. Susan assumed the maternal role of her younger siblings, leaving the orphanage at the age of 18.

Susan met Edgar Harold Jefferies Casson in Melbourne and travelled to Western Australia where they married in 1897. Susan and Ted, a railway unionist, had one girl and five boys, two of whom died in infancy.

After tragedy struck the family on 8 June 1909 with the sudden loss of Edgar, Susan was left to support her four children. The union organised for the family to move into a large home on Beaufort Street. Susan used the home as boarders’ accommodation, sub-letting the house to provide an income for the family. In the following years Susan began helping others in need and contributing to the community.

In 1911, Susan became president of the newly formed women’s branch of the Australian Labor Federation. She was re-elected secretary of the Labor Women’s Organisation in 1913. In 1917 Susan won the role of ‘woman organiser’ for the ALF Metropolitan Council to drive women to join unions.

Susan was one of the first women to be appointed to the bench as a voluntary Special Magistrate for the Children’s Court and five years later, was officially appointed Justice of the Peace in 1920.

Susan founded the Mental Hospital After Care and Comforts Fund (MHACCF), now called Casson Homes, which is believed to be one of the first charities for mental health patients in Australia.

In 1948 Susan was awarded an MBE for her life’s work caring for those with mental illness. Two years later, Susan retired and handed the responsibilities of Casson Homes to her daughter Matilda.

On 23 April 1952 aged 80, Susan died in Heathcote Hospital.

WA Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee 2012

21/02/2024