This admission and discharge book contains details about children and young people admitted to the Central Norther Region Assessment Unit, which was also known as the Gilles Plains Assessment Unit or the Northern Metro Assessment Unit. It contains information such as child’s name, date of birth, endowment/DSS number, age, cultural group, sex, date of admission,…
These two admission books record details about children and young people admitted to the Western Region Admission Unit at Somerton Park, which was initially known as the Central Region Admission Unit. Information recorded in the books includes child’s name, admission number, admission date, their age, date of birth, name of their Community Welfare Worker or…
The Correspondence files of the Education Department contain letters and memorandum received and sent by the South Australian Education Department, including some that relate to schools at Point Mcleay Mission Station, Point Pearce Aboriginal Station, the Salvation Army Probationary School, Mount Barker (Eden Park), and Townsend House School for Deaf and Blind Children. The correspondence…
State Records of South Australia holds a large collection of Client Files and Family Files that were kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare, as well as indexes that provide reference to these files. These files contain information about children in the child welfare system and their families, and include files…
The WA Stolen Generations Redress Scheme opened on 10 November 2025. The scheme is available to Aboriginal people who were removed from their families as children in Western Australia before 1 July 1972. Eligible applicants receive a one-off payment of $85,000 and an opportunity for a personal acknowledgement from a representative of the WA government….
This is a copy of the text of the speech given by Premier Jacinta Allan at the Apology to Victorians who experienced historical abuse and neglect as children in institutional care on 8 February 2024.
Premier Jacinta Allan delivered a formal apology to people who historical abuse and neglect as children in institutional care in Victoria on 8 February 2024. Members of both houses of parliament gathered in the Legislative Assembly for the speech delivered by Jacinta Allan. It included these words: Today we acknowledge a shameful chapter in our…
Redress for Historical Institutional Abuse opened on 10 December 2024. The redress scheme is for people who lived in a Victorian institution as a child for a period of at least 6 months, before 1 January 1990, and experienced physical, psychological or emotional abuse or neglect in the institution. People found eligible for this redress…
The Historical Forced Adoptions Redress Schemee was announced by the Victorian government in April, 2025. The scheme provides financial redress and support to the many mothers who continue to live with the serious, complex and ongoing effects of their experience of forced separation. The establishment of a scheme for mothers whose babies were forcibly removed…
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