The Public Service Appeal Board was established in 1958. It heard and determined appeals against decisions of the Public Service Commissioner relating to appointments, promotion, and disciplinary action. The Commissioner for Review replaced the Public Service Appeal Board in 1984. The Public Service Appeal Board was established by the Public Service Tribunal Act of 1958….
The Public Service Commissioner replaced the Public Service Board in 1918. The Commissioner was responsible for the organisation and staffing of government departments. In 1973, a Public Service Board replaced the Public Service Commissioner. Under the Public Service Act 1923, the Public Service Commissioner organised and staffed government departments, supervised the way they worked, and…
The Public Service Board was established in 1905 by the Public Service Act. It managed the employment of public servants. In 1918, the Public Service Board was replaced by a Public Service Commissioner. The Public Service Board had two independently appointed members and one, who held the position part time, elected by public servants. However,…
The Civil Service Board of Tasmania was established in 1900 by the Civil Service Act. Its establishment was the first Tasmanian attempt to provide a uniform system of administration. In 1905, the Public Service Board replaced it. The Civil Service Board was part time. Public Servants elected it. The Board included one member each from…
The Society for the Care of Crippled Children was an autonomous branch of the Tasmanian Society for the Care of Crippled Children. It formed in December 1937 to provide services to people affected by the polio epidemic and living in the north of Tasmania. It raised enough funds to buy the premises for St Giles’…
The Education Department was established by the Education Act of 1885. The aim was to provide a free, compulsory, and secular education to children between the ages of seven and thirteen. In 1912, this was raised to 14. In 2013, the Department is responsible for primary and secondary education, library and information services, vocational education…
Tascare Society for Children superseded the Tasmanian Society for the Care of Crippled Children in 1988. It provided support to the parents of children with disabilities.Tascare Society for Children closed in 2019. The name change appears to have followed the Society’s decision in the mid-1980s to give up its medical and clinical roles in order…
The Tasmanian Society for the Care of Crippled Children formed in 1935 to help children with physical disabilities. The Society became the Tascare Society for Children in 1988. Crippled was a term commonly used until around the 1970s to describe people with conditions including muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, paraplegia and poliomyelitis. It was…
The Catholic Welfare Organisation originated in 1940 to provide amenities to the soldiers in the Catholic hut at Brighton. At the end of World War Two, it appears to have extended its activities to other social causes. For instance, it provided support to girls leaving St Joseph’s Orphanage. The Catholic Welfare Organisation closed in about…
The Child Health Association succeeded the Child Welfare Association in 1956. They continued to support the government’s family, child, and youth health services. In 2021 they rebranded as Families Tasmania. The association ceased operating in 2023, and its programs were transferred to various other organisations. In the 1970s, the Division of Public Health employed 53…
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