yourtown was created in 2016, it was formerly known as BoysTown Ltd. The organisation provides a range of services to young people, including education, counselling, peer support, employment and social welfare services. The organisation dates back to 1961 and BoysTown Beaudesert, a children’s Home that closed in 2001. In 2016, the organisation explained the reasons…
The Red Cross Home, at Margate Beach, Redcliffe opened around 1945. It was run by the Australian Red Cross and operated as a convalescent home for children from the Mater and Brisbane Hospitals. It also provided emergency care for children while their mothers were in hospital. The home closed in 1975. The Red Cross Home…
First Contact Aboriginal Corporation for Youth was established on 10 March 1994. First Contact Aboriginal Corporation for Youth ran First Contact from 1994 to 1999. It later provided 24 hour resource and referral services and access to a development and training facility. In 2013 the company went into liquidation and was no longer in operation…
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Christian Church that follows the beliefs described by the Holy Scriptures. It originated in the United States, spread to Europe and as a result of the Church’s missionary work, came to Australia in 1885. The first Seventh-day Adventists came to Queensland around 1890. Seventh-day Adventist Missionaries in Australia were…
The Public Instruction Department was established on 1 January 1876 under The State Education Act of 1875 to be responsible for the administration of preschool to secondary school education in Queensland. The Department ran the Queensland School for the Deaf from 1893 to 1957. In 1957, with the passing of the State Education Acts and…
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development Department was created on 4 September 1998. The Department amalgamated the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and the Community and Personal Histories Section from various Government Departments. The creation of this department reflected a shift in policy at this time away from a…
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Department was created on 22 February 2001. It was previously known as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development Department. The Department was responsible for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, rights and culture. In 2006, the Department was abolished and its functions transferred to the Communities…
The Community Services and Ethnic Affairs Department was created on 14 December 1987. Previously known as the Community Services Department the main difference in the policy for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders was the change towards a supportive rather than a directive role with programmes and activities established to transfer administrative responsibilities to Aboriginal…
The Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy was created on 22 February 1996. It was previously known as the Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Division of the Families, Youth and Community Care Department. The aim of this office was to improve the physical, social and economic well-being of Aboriginal and Torres…
The Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement Department was created on 16 January 1975. Previously known as the Aboriginal and Island Affairs Department the main difference was that people now had to apply for a ‘Certificate of Entitlement’ in order to come under the Act. The Department ran the Kowanyama Mission from 1975 to 1984. In 1984,…
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