Please contact the Right to Information Officer, Department of Justice:
Postal Address: GPO Box 825, Hobart, TAS, 7001
Email: rti@justice.tas.gov.au
Website :https://www.justice.tas.gov.au/about/right_to_information
Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Series Number, AGD1
These records are held by Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current).
General Correspondence (Classified Sequence), dated between 1920 and 1992, was created by the Attorney-General’s Department and its successors. Its many records include personal information about inmates at Risdon Prison, and correspondence concerning the Child Protection Assessment Board, Children’s Courts, and child protection service, including files on individual cases.
Access to the records in this series are varied. Some records are classified as Open and can be ordered to be viewed by anyone. Some records are classified as Closed D75, meaning these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of the last entry in them.
People wishing to access closed records should contact the Right to Information Unit of the Department of Justice. If the records are open, contact the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office first. Staff at the Office may be able to assist you in finding other relevant records.
This series is made up of correspondence records mostly relating to the development of policies and legislation (including that relating to child welfare, adoption, children’s courts and juvenile offenders), and the administration of boards or committees, such as the Child Protection Assessment Board.
However, some files in this series may include information on individuals who had dealings with the children’s courts or the child protection system. They include:
61/4/1 – Child Protection Board Individual Cases
Dates: 1976-1987
Item Number: AGD1/4/4
Access: Closed for 75 years
61/4/1 – Child Protection Board Individual Cases – part 2
Dates: 1988-1989
Item Number: AGD1/4/7
Access: Closed for 75 years
16/2/1 Part 1-Childrens Court-Summary of Childrens Court Cases and Press Statements.
Dates: 1978-1980
Item Number: AGD1/1/948
Access: Open
16/2/1-Part 2-4-Childrens Court-Summary of Cases.
Dates: 1982-1989
Item Number: AGD1/1/989
Access: Open
16/10/1-Part 1-3 Publications of Names of Those Underage Etc (Individual Cases).
Dates: 1976-1988
Item Number: AGD1/1/954
Access: Open
16/17/1-Childrens Courts-Complaints.
Dates: 1981-1989
Item Number: AGD1/1/968
Access: Open
21/1/1-Prisoners Individual Files-Prisoners discharged Remissions.
Dates: 1980-1987
Item Number: AGD1/1/1023
Access: Open