The Western Australian State Children Department existed between 1 January 1917 and 22 December 1927. The State Records Office website provides an overview of the State Children Department: Following a change of permanent head, the Public Charities and Children’s Department became one department, the State Children’s Department in 1917, to reflect the greater emphasis placed…
Families SA was transferred from the former Department for Families and Communities to the new Department for Education and Child Development in 2011. Families SA continues to provide child protection and family support services. The Youth Justice function of Families SA is now part of the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion. In 2016, Families…
The Premier and Cabinet Department provides services to the Premier’s parliamentary and executive government roles, co-ordinates government administration and policy, and Cabinet proceedings.
The Health and Home Affairs Department, within the State Children’s Department, was established in 1935 to provide care, management and control of orphaned, abandoned and convicted children and their property. Previously, it was known as the Home Secretary’s Office, State Children Department. The Department ran Toowoomba Mental Hospital and Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook. Responsibility…
The State Children Department, a sub-department of the Labour and Industry Department, was created to provide care, management and control of orphaned, neglected, abandoned, delinquent and convicted children and their property. The Department ran Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook, Birralee Children’s Home, Townsville Receiving Depot, Carramar Receiving and Assessment Centre, Warilda Children’s Home and Warilda…
The Family and Youth Services Department was established on 9 June 1987. It was responsible for a broad range of community services including youth and ethnic affairs. The Department ran the Therapeutic Adolescent Residential Assessment Unit, Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre, Carramar Receiving and Assessment Centre, Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre, The Outlook Training and…
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) was established in 1998. It was formerly known as the Australian Archives. The National Archives collects, preserves and makes publicly available records of the Australian government. The collection includes records related to family history research, as well as records relevant specifically to child welfare and child migration. The head…
The first Colonial Surgeon of South Australia was appointed in 1836. The duties of the Colonial Surgeon’s Office of South Australia include overseeing and advising the Government in relation to public health matters and sanitation, managing the Public Hospital, and acting as superintendent to the Lunatic Asylum. The Colonial Surgeon’s Office was also called the…
The Inspector General of Hospitals Office was established in 1914, replacing the Colonial Surgeon’s Office. The Inspector General conducted visits and inspections of the public hospitals, asylums, and mental hospitals, and the superintendents of these institutions reported to the Inspector. In 1940 the Inspector General of Hospitals Office was replaced by the Hospitals Department.
The Housing and Community Services Bureau was established on 14 December 1989. The aim of the Bureau was to provide and facilitate the delivery of housing and community services to individuals, facilities and the community. The Bureau operated under various administrative structures, but in 1995, the Housing and Community Services Bureau’s functions were separated. Some…
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