 An estimated 500 children stayed here during the life of the mission, some of whom spent 16 years of their life there.The land was purchased for $1.92m in August 2004 by the Indigenous Land Corporation.Roelands is a small township nestled at the foothills of the Darling Range, and is the meeting point of the South Western Highway (Highway 20) between Bunbury and Perth via Pinjarra, and the Coalfields Highway (Route 107) to Collie, Darkan and Arthur River.