Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, State Government of New South Wales

• State Children's Relief Board (1881 - 1923)
• Child Welfare Department, State Government of New South Wales (1923 - 1970)
• Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, State Government of New South Wales (1970 – 1973)
  • Department of Youth and Community Services, State Government of New South Wales (1973 - 1975)
  • Department of Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs, State Government of New South Wales (1975 - 1976)
  • Department of Youth and Community Services, State Government of New South Wales (1976 - 1988)
  • Department of Family and Community Services, State Government of New South Wales (1988 - 1991)
  • Department of Health and Community Services, State Government of New South Wales (1991 - 1992)

Ran

• Werrington Park (1954 - c. 1988)
• Worimi Shelter (1966 - 2000)
• Institution for Boys, Tamworth (1948 - 1976)
• Yasmar Shelter (1946 - 1994)
• Yawarra Training School (1969 - 1979)
• Castle Hill House (1943 - 1982)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Mittagong Training School For Boys (1947 - 1976)
• Minda (1966 - 1991)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Grafton Shelter (1923? - 1990s)
• Institution for Girls, Hay (28 July 1961 - 1974)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Winbin (1954 - 1975)
• Anglewood (1943 - 1994)
• Myee (1926 - 1977)
• Brush Farm Home (1922 - 1988)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Mount Penang Training School for Boys (1946 - 1987)
• Brush Farm Infants' Home (1968 - 1988)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Bimbadeen Girls Home (1969 - 1974)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Mittagong Cottage Homes (1885 - 1976)
• Hargrave House (1971 - 1988)
• Ormond Training School (1962 - 1980)
• Parramatta Girls Training School (1946 - 1974)
• Yarra Bay Boys' Home (c. 1955 - 1985)
• Corelli (1970 - 1991)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Berry Training Farm (1934 - 1977)
• Metropolitan Girls' Shelter, Glebe (c. 1923 - 1978)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Montrose Infants' Home (c. 1949 - c. 1978)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• King Edward Home (c. 1930 - c. 1989)
• Bidura (1920 - 1977)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Broken Hill Shelter (1942 - c. 1994)
  Date: 1970 - 1994
• Brougham (1943 - 1993)
• Daruk (1960 - 1985)
  Date: 1970 - 1973
• Royleston (1922 - 1983)
• Raith Lark Hill Hostel (1964 - 1990?)
• Lynwood Hall (1939 - 1993)
• McCredie Cottage (1970 - 1993)
• Metropolitan Boys' Shelter (1911 - 1983)
• St Heliers (1945 - 1986)
• Tallimba (1973 - 1980s)
• Thornbury Lodge (c. 1958 - c. 1990)
• Weroona Home (1946 - 1984)

Related Legislation

• Child Welfare Act 1939, New South Wales (1939 - 1987)
• Aborigines Act 1969, New South Wales (1969 - 1983)
  The Aborigines Welfare Act 1969 transferred the full responsibility for Aboriginal children in the child welfare system to the Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare.
• Child Welfare (Amendment) Act 1966, New South Wales (1966 - 1987)
• Child Welfare (Amendment) Act 1967, New South Wales (1967 - 1987)
• Child Welfare (Amendment) Act 1969, New South Wales (1969 - 1987)

This page was written by Bruce A Smith, last updated 25 November 2014. Sources used to create this entry:

• Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, 1998 View Publication Details

• Child Welfare Department, Challenge (also known as The Challenge), 1949 - 1975. View Publication Details
• Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, Report of the Minister for Social Welfare on the working of the Aborigines Act, 1969., 1970. View Publication Details
• Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, Report of the Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare for the year ended 30 June, 1971 - 1973. View Publication Details
• Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, Focus, 1966 - 1973. View Publication Details
• Howlett, Christine, Deaths in Custody Australia: No. 3 Deaths in Juvenile Detention, 1980-1992, May 1993. View Publication Details
• Rapley, Judy, Creating a Space: The Life of Bessie Guthrie, 28 October 2007. View Publication Details
• State Records Authority of New South Wales, Dept of Community Services, No date. View Publication Details
• Effie Ray interviewed by Joanna Penglase in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording], 28 November 2010 - 29 November 2010. View Publication Details
• Publications - Department of Community Services, OpenGov NSW, 2014. View Publication Details

Records

• Departmental Records relating to State Wards, New South Wales (1918 - current)
• Adoption Files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services] (1947 - 1974)
• Private adoption agency contact files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services] (1950 - 1975)
• Benevolent Society adoption register [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services] (23 May 1969 - 1 September 1975)
• Presbyterian Adoption Agency adoption registers [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services] (1966 - 1975)
• Index Cards Relating To Institutional Inmates (1958 - 1986)
• Miscellaneous files [Residential Care Division, Department of Community Services] (1965 - 1973)
• Miscellaneous Correspondence Files Relating To Immigrant Children [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services, NSW] (1971 - 1974)
• Affiliation Files [Maintenance Branch, Department of Community Services] (c. 1963 - 1975)
• Dependent Children Register Cards (c. 1945 - 1972)
• Immigration Nomination (Minor 'E') Files [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services] (1962 - 1976)