Scientology organisations in Australia: Perth

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Church of Scientology
106-108 Murray Street, Perth 6000
phone: (08) 9221 9666
fax: (08) 9221 9866
Dianetics: (08) 9221 9766

• 1985 to 1996 address was 39-41 King Street, Perth 6000.
• TD75 and WIS78 list the 1975-1978 address as Pastoral House, 156 St Georges Terrace, Perth 6000; phone (092) 21 9561.
• S20CR lists the 1972 address as Church of the New Faith, 37 Cleaver Street, Perth 6000; cable Nufaith Perth.
• WIS78 lists the Perth org's founding date as 17 Oct 1972.
• TD75 and WIS78 list a Mission of Melville at 15 Birdwood Road, Melville 6156; phone (092) 30 5879. WIS78 lists this mission as having been founded 20 Feb 1972. This Mission no longer exists.
• WIS93 listed a Perth mission: PO Box 1049, West Perth 6872. This apparently disappeared in 1995 (but is still listed on the CoS page for Perth), though we're not sure whether it ever actually had an office.

1. The Church is now over the east side of the Mall, on the south side of Murray Street (106 Murray Street). Nice location for foot traffic. They seem to have the basement under and the office over the old Wonderland of Toys.

2, 3. That's the Dianetics side lurking on the left there and the Scientology side on the right.

4. The sign you see is the ubiquitous 'Now Hiring'.

5. The back of the old Org (39-41 King Street). This is where The Squirrel found many kilograms of Church documents that had been put out the back by mistake. And which he has used to taunt the Church on a.r.s ever since ...

6. And here's a photo of the front. Note that the area looks very nice indeed ... probably what drove the rents high enough for the Church to move elsewhere. Nice sign on the Org, though. Always did like that sign.

• Steve Zadarnowski's Perth org page.

• 'Ex Scio Kid' estimates the total number of Scientologists in Western Australia (which has 10% of the Australian population) as not more than 150.

• A letter from the Org trying to suck someone into coming back in.

• A Perth org personality test. "Then they gave me the funky tin-can machine. That was when I knew I was dealing with fruit-loops."

• January 1983: A Perth Org executive directive for your amusement and horror. Plus commentary on it from Podkayne and Roger Gonnet. (Roger Gonnet used to run the Paris org.)

• August 1996: My visit to the new Perth org, where I scored a free International Association of Scientologists membership!

• July 1997: Steve Zadarnowski reviews the new Perth org, outside and inside.

• July 1997: How the 'Creed of Scientology' plaque disappeared from the Perth org one Sunday night.

• September 1997: Steve on their crappy signage and lack of actual activity in Western Australia. "The problem with the new location is from the side it looks like an abandoned toy shop, and from the front it looks like an abandoned toy shop."

• September 1997: Steve reveals the temporary nature of the Murray Street address. "I'm quite sure they aren't planning a lush new site to move into somehow. They ran out of give-away OCAs last week, and now have to use the old 'Einstein' flyers to try and con people into sending for the Dianetics book."

• November 1997: Perth Org sends da boyz round (heh) in an attempt to stem the flood of Xemu leaflets ...

• May 1998: Reconnaissance, by Steve. "The Scienos, including the hierarchy, were on the street looking for more raw meat. Time? 12.30pm. Day? Thursday. But of course. The stats are down, and it's all hands again."

• August 1998: Sea Org spotted around Perth org - plus how to spot them.

• August 1998: Lack of services at Perth org. "The remaining faithful have to go to Sydney (the AO) because lower orgs like Perth can't even deliver an ARC break Assessment."

• April 1999: Update on Perth Org, by Steve.

• The official CoS page for Perth. No photo. One nonexistent Mission claimed (no address given).