Please contact Adoptions and Permanency Services:
Postal Address: PO Box 538, Hobart TAS 7001
Phone: (03) 6166 0422
Aftercare Support Program Phone: 1300 654 583
Adoptions and Permanency Services Email: adoption.services@communities.tas.gov.au
After Care Support Program Email: aftercaresupport@communities.tas.gov.au
Website: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/children/adoptions-and-permanency-services/
Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Series Number, AA742
These records are held by Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current).
Hobart Area Office – Case Records of the Childrens Court in Southern Tasmania were created between 1962 and 1980. They contain personal information about children who came before the Children’s Court between these dates.
Closed D75 years
D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of the last entry in them. People wishing to access these records should contact Adoptions and Permanency Services After Care Support Program, which is run by the Department of Communities Tasmania. Applicants will be required to fill out a Personal Information Protection (PIP) form. How access is provided once permission is granted will depend on the file. Usually Adoption and Permanency Services request it back and then provide access or copies. Staff at the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office may be able to assist you in finding other relevant records.
At some stage, an employee of the Department removed these case records from the Correspondence Files which have the series number AD203.
There are 37 items in this series. They are arranged chronologically. Their listing can be viewed by going to the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office website.