Western Australian Community Resource Centres

{{Short description|Centres in Western Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2013}}

Western Australian Community Resource Centres are a government funded centres in Western Australia.

In the 1990s the Western Australian Government created funding for community centres in Western Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.drd.wa.gov.au/programsandprojects/services/Pages/default.aspx |title=Services |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031235847/http://www.drd.wa.gov.au/programsandprojects/services/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}{{Citation | author1=Western Australian Community Resource Network (issuing body) | title=CRC network news | publication-date=2011 | publisher=Western Australian Community Resource Network | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/170656346 | access-date=27 September 2022}}

The system was boosted in the 2000s by funding from the Royalties for Regions program.{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Dept. of Regional Development and Lands | author2=Royalties for Regions (W.A.) | author3=Western Australia. Dept. of Regional Development and Lands | title=Royalties for Regions : progress report July 2011 – June 2012 | publication-date=2012 | publisher=Dept. of Regional Development and Lands | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192046833 | access-date=27 September 2022}}{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Office of the Auditor General | title=Royalties for regions : are the benefits being realised? | publication-date=2014 | publisher=Western Australia. Office of the Auditor General | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237441098 | access-date=27 September 2022}}

In most cases they were successors to earlier telecentres around the state.{{Citation | author1=WA Telecentre Network | author2=Western Australia. Department of Commerce and Trade, (issuing body.) | title=You can do it at a telecentre | publication-date=1999 | publisher=Department of Commerce and Trade | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/251456919 | access-date=27 September 2022}}{{Citation | author1=WA Telecentre Network | author2=Western Australia. Dept. of Local Government and Regional Development | title=Telecentre network : bringing communities together | publication-date=2003 | publisher=Dept. of Local Government and Regional Development | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/23824525 | access-date=27 September 2022}}{{Citation | author1=Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs | title=Remote access to DVA easy in WA (1 December 2002) | journal=Vetaffairs / Department of Veterans' Affairs | publication-date=2002-12-01 | publisher=[Dept. of Veterans' Affairs] | volume=18 | issue=4 | pages=7 | issn=0819-8934}}{{Citation | author1=W.A. Telecentre Network | author2=Western Australia. Dept. of Local Government and Regional Development | title=Planning for the future | publication-date=2004 | publisher=WA Telecentre Network | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30416093 | access-date=27 September 2022}}

Some community recreation centres have published newsletters.{{Citation | author1=Boyup Brook Community Resource Centre | title=Community Resource Centre newsletter | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Telecentre Network | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/158599866 | access-date=27 September 2022}}{{Citation | author1=Donnybrook Community Resource Centre., (issuing body.) | title=Preston press | publication-date=2016 | publisher=Preston Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/158602625 | access-date=27 September 2022}}{{Citation | author1=Pinjarra Community Resource Centre, (issuing body.) | title=Murray community newspaper | publication-date=2016 | publisher=Pinjarra Community Resource Centre | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/240234745 | access-date=27 September 2022}}