Resources

Financial assistance

• Abstudy
• Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme (AIC)
• Boarding Away from Home Allowance (BAHA)
• Subsidised Student Travel
• Youth Allowance

Support organisations

• Aboriginal Hostels Ltd (AHL)
• Boarding Australia
• Indigenous Education and Boarding Australia
• Isolated Children’s Parents Association WA (ICPA)

College resources

• Merredin Residential College Term 1 2025 activity planner
• Merredin Residential College Term 1 2025 menu planner
• Parent/carer and student handbook 2025
• Residential college Code of Conduct
• Residential college costs 2025
• School term dates

Forms

• Application for a residential place
• Boarding agreement
• Student health care form

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Other residential college locations

To learn more about other residential college locations in WA, refer to the Department of Education’s website.