BoysTown Ltd became a registered company in 2002. The organisation’s heritage dates back to the BoysTown residential institution in Beaudesert, which existed between 1961 and 2001. BoysTown runs services for children, young people and families, including the national Kids Helpline. It also delivers employment, training and counselling services in Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales,…
The Health Department was established on 26 September 1963 when the Health and Home Affairs Department was abolished. The Health Department was responsible for the management and regulation of public sector health services to Queensland. Administration of mental health was one of the principal responsibilities of the Health Department.
The Home Secretary’s Office in Queensland was the new name given to the Colonial Secretary’s office on 6 August 1896. The Home Secretary administered all matters related to health, welfare, local governments and courts, police and prisons, aborigines, recreation, and other internal administrative functions. In 1935 it was renamed the Health and Home Affairs Department
The Colonial Secretary’s office in Queensland administered all matters not the responsibility of the Colonial Treasurer or the Attorney-General. The administrative functions of the Colonial Secretary included: Reform Schools, Insanity – asylums, Reception houses for the insane, Hospitals and charitable institutions, Public health, Medical establishments, including quarantine, vaccination, and lunatic asylums. On 6 August 1896,…
The Health and Home Affairs Department in Brisbane, was created in 1935. It replaced the Home Secretary’s Office. The department had administrative control over a number of internal services in Queensland including: Adoption, Children’s Services, Epileptic Home, Hospitals, Mental Institutions, State Children and Public Health. In 1963 the Home Affairs Department was abolished and a…
The Orphanages Branch of the Public Instruction Department was created to administer The Orphanages Act 1879 which provided for the establishment and management of asylums for orphans as well as deserted and neglected children. The Branch was responsible under the Act for the care of orphaned and deserted and neglected children.The Department ran Townsville Orphanage,…
The Department of Justice and Attorney General was responsible for the running of Queensland juvenile detention institutions from 2012-2017. During this time it also provided access to juvenile detention records. In 2017, the function of youth justice was moved to the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women. The Department of Justice and Attorney General…
The Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs was formed through the amalgamation of the Department of Community Services and Ethnic Affairs and the Department of Family Services on 7 December 1989. A separate division of the Department was created called the Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Department to have a supportive rather than…
The Department of Family and Community Services superseded the Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs. The Department ran the Therapeutic Adolescent Residential Assessment Unit, The Outlook Training and Resource Centre, the John Oxley Youth Detention Centre and the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre It was renamed the Department of Families, Youth and Community…
The Department of Families was created on 17 February 2001. Previously known as the Department of Families, Youth and Community Care, following the State general elections on 17 Feb 2001, the Department’s title was changed to the Department of Families. The Department had responsibility for juvenile justice facilities. On 12 February 2004 the Families Department…
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