Karinya Young Women’s Shelter is an organisation that provides short term crisis accommodation to young women aged 13 to 20 years old. It was originally established in Launceston in 1979 on a feminist-based collective model. In 2020 Karinya can provide crisis accommodation for up to six young women at a time, and also runs a…
Case Study 42: Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Newcastle and Sydney in August and November, 2016. It inquired into the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, and included the experiences of former child residents at St Alban’s Boys’ Home, St Alban’s…
The Archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, 1914-2014, is a collection at the State Library of New South Wales. These records were donated to the State Library in 2014, as part of the centenary of the Australian Red Cross Society’s ‘gift to the nation’, donating its archives and heritage collections…
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…
Institute of Early Childhood Development Graduates Association is a collection held by University of Melbourne Archives. It contains records relating to Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten. Access Conditions This collection is open access. To access these records please contact the University of Melbourne Archives. Records This collection includes records relating to Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten, such…
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…
Alma Smith and Alva Atkins (nee Smith) papers and photographs relating to missionary work in New South Wales and Western Australia, 1909-2006 is a collection held by the State Library of New South Wales. It contains photographs, slides and textual materials relating to the missionary work of Alma Smith and Alva Atkins, with the United…
Leeper Family Papers is an archival collection held by University of Melbourne Archives. It contains records relating to pupils at the school at Mount Margaret Mission in Western Australia during the 1930s and 1940s. Access Conditions This collection is open access. Please contact University of Melbourne Archives to access this collection. Records The records in…
The Juvenile Justice Act 2002 commenced on 3 July 2002 and was repealed by the Youth Justice Act 2005 which commenced on 1 August 2006.
The Juvenile Justice Act 1983 established the Juvenile Court in the Northern Territory. This act was introduced in conjunction with the Community Welfare Act 1983, marking a change in philosophy separating the criminal and welfare jurisdictions relating to young people in the NT. It was repealed by the Juvenile Justice Act 2002.
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