The closure of the Beananging Kwuurt Institute in Queens Park and issues around missing documents and other matters at the former Sister Kate's site remain a mystery, four months after a group of Indigenous women and their supporters were evicted from the significant site for Stolen Generations survivors.

The Uniting Church WA has not addressed questions as to why it left important documents unsecured at the site, and the property unsecured for more than 15 years, allowing documents and filing cabinets to be removed or damaged.

UCWA also did not further divulge why community services BKI provided were shut down, nor why the suspended BKI board was not allowed to meet with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress WA at a mediation in mid-2023.

"With the partnership now established between the UAICC WA regional committee, BKI and Yokai, the focus for these parties is now on working toward establishing services and a healing centre for Stolen Generations survivors and their families on the Queens Park site," a Uniting Church WA spokesperson told National Indigenous Times.

"Regarding the suspension of the former board and ceasing services at the end of 2024, we believe we have addressed the background and steps that led to these decisions.

"Regarding the other allegations you have raised, we will not be commenting on issues that do not belong in the public domain."

National Indigenous Times has inquired about the eviction and closure of the original BKI several times following allegations the previous board had squandered $5.5 million intended to fund community services.

The UCWA and UAICC previously told National Indigenous Times the reasons for suspending the board appointed in 2021 was due to differences including the board's public statements against the Voice to Parliament.

No services have been available at the site since BKI's closure in December.

Operations manager Pauline Floate said a recent Facebook post from Yokai - which stated documents relating to the late Reverend Sealin Garlett were destroyed by members of the suspended BKI board and supporters - was false and defamatory.

"These individuals have totally disrespected Stolen people & defiled the records and memories left by the late and loved Reverend Sealin Garlett," part of the Facebook post read.

She called on Yokai, the new BKI board and others sharing the comments to remove them, but Yokai on Tuesday said it would not remove the post.

An email sent in January 2023, seen by National Indigenous Times, advised the Uniting Church there were piles of documents at the site in an abandoned building known as the 'stage building'.

Ms Floate relayed it would be prudent if UCWA sent one of their archivists to inspect them, as trespassers were often in the derelict building.

For several days in January 2023, the UCWA sent their archivists to the stage building and removed many boxes of documents it deemed important.

"The building was tidied, and all remaining papers were either boxed or stacked in piles on tables or cupboards," Ms Floate said.

"However within weeks they were tipped on the floor again and, after several instances of re-stacking them, the task became futile as, come winter, homeless people used them as 'blankets'."

She said that afterwards, particular documents relating to the late Reverend Garlett were not seen by BKI employees, and it was assumed UCA archivists had removed everything of significance.

"The property was constantly vandalised, broken into, stolen from and used as a place to sleep by homeless people, with several reports lodged to WA Police in relation to these matters," said Ms Floate, who provided copies of seven police reports lodged in the past few years to National Indigenous Times.

On several occasions she sent requests to UCWA to fence the Treasure Road property (other requests date back to at least 2007), and said no action was taken until two weeks before BKI's forced closure by the church and UAICC in late 2024, which eventually led to an eviction of several women, including Noongar Elders, at the site.

Ms Floate said that in October 2024, an unknown group of people worked for at least three days removing 10 filing cabinets and other items from the stage building, with documents and files strewn across the building.

A vehicle was captured on CCTV and a perpetrator questioned by police – who later returned a large set of lockers that took four police officers to lift, but not the filing cabinet. According to police, only one man and his partner were involved, and no filing cabinets were located at his house.

"The last people in the stage building were WA police forensics officers. Prior to that, only myself and the BKI cleaner went into the building, other than trespassers, due to its dangerous structure - with no electricity, broken doors and floors, and no lighting," Ms Floate said.

"The power supply to the property was cut off three times in late 2024, causing around $100,000 damages and losses."

The Uniting Church WA said it was "committed to walking alongside the UAICC as they work towards their vision of Beananging Kwuurt Institute, in partnership with Yokai, to once again become a place of healing and hope".

However some community members believe it was already a place of healing and hope, with a raft of services and advocacy provided on site before they were evicted.