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…
Glen Mervyn Legacy House, in Randwick, was a residence for wards of Legacy from 1946 until 1973. According to the Senate report, Protecting Vulnerable Children (2005), it accommodated up to 30 residents, usually aged between 14 and 21, who were studying in Sydney. In 1973, the property was taken over by the Red Cross, who…
The Children’s Court was first established in the Northern Territory in 1958 with the passage of the Child Welfare Ordinance 1958. Prior to this, the State Children Act 1895 (and all South Australian legislation) also applied to the Northern Territory. This legislation governed the operation of the Children’s Court in the NT until 1983. The…
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.
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.
The Heavitree Gap Gaol was Central Australia’s first prison. It opened in a small wooden police hut at Heavitree Gap near Alice Springs in 1904. Two teenage boys were among the first prisoners to be committed to the Gaol. The Gaol closed in 1909 and was replaced by the purpose-built Stuart Town Gaol. The Heavitree…
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…
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…
The Department of Justice was established in 2001. The former Department of Correctional Services was absorbed into the new Department of Justice and it took responsibility for youth justice in the Northern Territory. It was replaced by the Department of Correctional Services in 2013.
The Department of Correctional Services was established in 2013, replacing the Department of Justice. The Department of Correctional Services was responsible for youth justice across the Northern Territory. In 2016 the function of youth justice was moved to Territory Families with the remaining functions moved to the Department of Attorney-General and Justice, and the Department…
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