Adoption Services Queensland (ASQ) is part of the Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety, Queensland Government. ASQ is responsible for administering adoption legislation. ASQ provides services in Queensland to: parent/s considering adoption for their children children requiring adoptive placements people seeking to adopt children people seeking information about a past adoption people…
The Children’s Services Department was established in 1966 to promote, safeguard and protect the well-being of the children and youth of the state through a comprehensive and coordinated program of child and family welfare. Previously, child and family welfare was the responsibility of the State Children Department, a sub-department of the Labour and Industry Department….
The Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in Queensland was formed in 1958 by Archbishop of Brisbane James Duhig. It grew out of an organisation called the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council. In 1984, the organisation became known as Centre Care (later updated again to Centacare in 1991). The Catholic Family Welfare Bureau grew out of a lay…
The Home Secretary’s Office, within the new State Children Department, was created under the State Children Act 1911. The Department was established to provide care, management and control of orphaned, abandoned and convicted children and their property. The position of ‘Inspector of Orphanages’ became that of ‘Director’ of the department.The Department ran Brisbane Industrial Home,…
The Queensland Society for Crippled Children (QSCC) was established in April 1933. In response to a polio epidemic, the QSCC provided institutional care for children affected by the disease.In 2001, the society became known as MontroseAccess.
MontroseAccess was established in 2001 as a support service and care provider for people with physical disabilities. Its varied programs assist clients in learning to be more independent. MoontroseAccess provides ‘in- home’ and ‘out-of-home’ respite accommodation. In 2015, MontroseAccess became Montrose Therapy & Respite Services.
The Female Refuge and Infants’ Home, in Brisbane was founded by Ann Drew in 1870. It was run by a committee of women representing various Protestant groups. The Home moved to a new building in Brisbane in 1880 and then the Trustees of the Home bought a property at Toowong. The Female Refuge and Infants…
The Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services Department was establlished in March 2012. It holds records relating to institutions operated by the State. The government department was formerly known as the Communities Department. Child Safety Services is part of the Department, it is the Queensland Government agency for child protection and adoption services.on 12 December…
Queensland State Archives (QSA) is the lead agency for record keeping across Queensland’s public authorities. QSA manages a comprehensive recordkeeping policy framework to ensure the consistent creation, management, disposal, storage, preservation and retrieval of government information.
The United Protestant Association of Queensland was a Christian Welfare organisation established in around 1938. It ran a children’s Home in Corinda from 1951 until 1974. The Home was closed under controversial circumstances and may have also led to the shutting down of the United Protestant Association of Queensland.
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