Cockburn Youth Services Association ran Cockburn House, an emergency accommodation service for young people, from 1989 to 1993.
The Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 (Act no.1972/024) commenced on 1 July 1972. Its long title was ‘An Act to make provision for the establishment of an Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority, a Commissioner for Aboriginal Planning and an Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Council for the purpose of providing consultative and other services and for the…
The Native (Citizenship Rights) Act Repeal Act 1971 (1971/026) repealed the Native (Citizenship Rights) Act 1944.
The Child Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 1976 came into operation on 1 October 1977. It amended the Child Welfare Act 1947 and aimed to modernise policy and practice. The Act (s.5d) replaced the terms ‘destitute child’ and ‘neglected child’ with ‘child in need of care and protection’ and referred to children’s needs throughout. A…
The Community Welfare Act 1972 (Act no. 1972/031) came into effect on 1 July 1972. The scope of the Act was broader than the Child Welfare Act 1947, as it included a greater emphasis on general welfare services for the community as a whole. It established the Department of Community Welfare, which integrated the child…
The Native Welfare Act 1963 repealed Aborigines Act 1905 and all the Acts that ammended the 1905 Act. Under the 1963 Act the Commissioner of Native Welfare ceased to be the guardian of Aboriginal children, but was responsible for the ‘custody, maintenance and education of the children of natives’. TheNative Welfare Act 1963 was repealed…
The Child Welfare Act Amendment Act 1962 (Act no.1962/022 (11 Eliz. II No.22)) was passed on 4 October 1962 and commenced on 1 December 1962. This Act (s.3) amended the Child Welfare Act 1947 to make the director of the department responsible for child welfare the guardian of all children who were wards of the…
The Native Welfare Act Amendment Act 1960 amended the Native Welfare Act 1954, so that people in Western Australian defined as a ‘quadroon’ or ‘less than quadroon blood’ were no longer to be considered ‘natives’. The Native Welfare Act Amendment Act 1960 was repealed by the Native Welfare Act 1963. The Native Welfare Act Amendment…
The Child Welfare Act Amendment Act 1958 (s.4) amended the Child Welfare Act 1947 to again increase the ability of authorities to take children into the ‘care’ of the Child Welfare Department and (s.5) extend a period of wardship from 18 to 21 years for all young people who were wards of State, not only…
The Native Welfare Act 1954 (Act no. 1954/064 (3 Eliz. II No.64) was passed on 30 December 1954 and commenced on 20 May 1955. It was ‘An Act to amend the Native Administration Act, 1905-1947.’ The Act changed the titles of the Commissioner and Department of Native Affairs to Commissioner and Department of Native Welfare….
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