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Department of Communities Tasmania

The Department of Communities Tasmania was established in July 2018, taking over the administration of Children and Youth Services from the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services. Through Children and Youth Serices, the Department of Communities facilitated Out of Home Care, child welfare, and custodial youth justice services in Tasmania. It also ran the…

Northern Territory Library

The Northern Territory Library was established in 1980 to collect, preserve and provide access to historic and contemporary materials relating to the Northern Territory. In 2019 the Northern Territory Library merged with the Northern Territory Archives Service to become Library & Archives NT.

Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities, Northern Territory Government

Territory Families was established on 12 September 2016 and is responsible for the welfare of children and families, including youth justice. In 2020, it became part of the Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities.

National Archives of Australia – Darwin office

The National Archives of Australia – Darwin office is co-located with the Northern Territory Archives Service. It has a collection of records related to the 170 years of the Territory’s history, from the Commonwealth Government, the Northern Territory Government, Community and Personal archives, and the Northern Territory Oral History collection. The collection includes records related…

Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory Inc.

The Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory Inc. is a not for profit organisation managed by an Executive Committee. The Society has an extensive family history and general history reference library, staffed by volunteer members. The Genealogical Society’s library contains family history and general history resources. The staff can assist with family history research. The…

Alice Springs Lutheran Archives

The Alice Springs Lutheran Archives is housed in the former Lutheran Church Building in Alice Springs. The Archives holds records relating to the history of the Lutheran Mission Block and Lutheran cottages on that site. These include photographs, oral history recordings, operational documents, church bulletins and lists of residents and their house parents. Volunteers are…

Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Darwin

The Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Darwin holds extensive records relating to the care of children in the Northern Territory. These include records related to a number of Catholic mission stations, residential care facilities, schools and other services for children. The Diocese holds a collection of baptismal records dating from the 1880s and is the…

Anglicare NT, Northern Territory

Anglicare NT was established in June 2002 when two larger entities Anglicare Central Australia (St Mary’s Family Services) and Anglicare Top End amalgamated. Anglicare is among the largest providers of government funded wefare, social justice and community development programs in the Northern Territory.

Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, State Government of Western Australia

The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries was established on 1 July 2017 as an amalgamation of many government departments, including the Department of Local Government and Communities. The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries includes the Aboriginal History Research Unit (AHRU). AHRU “manages restricted access archive requests for files from…

Child Protection and Family Support, State of Western Australia

Child Protection and Family Support is part of the Department of Communities, a department of the State Government of Western Australia created on 1 July 2017. Child Protection and Family Support provides the services that were previously delivered by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support. In 2018, Child Protection and Family Support ran…