The Alexandra Home for Women was the new name given in 1916 to the House of Mercy in Highgate, Perth. The Alexandra Home was run by a private committee of management and continued primarily as a maternity home for unmarried mothers, with some married women also admitted. By 1950, it was known as The Alexandra…
The Albany Group Home was a government-run facility established in Albany around 1978. It operated for an unknown period, with some possible closures and re-openings. In 1996, the Albany Group Home provided emergency, short term and medium term accommodation for school aged children. It had closed by 2013.
The Cape Barren Island Reserve Act 1945 had the full title ‘An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Cape Barren Island Reserve’. It repealed the Cape Barren Island Reserve Act 1912 and imposed stricter conditions on those living on the Cape Barren Island Reserve. Residents now had to live continuously in…
Records relating to the Sight Saving School (also known as the Bruce Hamilton School) are held by the Tasmanian Archives. The collection includes admission registers, reports on students’ progress and photographs. Records The collection includes the following records: Admission register 1940-1960 Observation book 1940-1954 Photographs 1950-1980 Correspondence received 1956-1976 Journal, including some case histories 1957-1970…
The Maintenance Act 1967 (No.36 of 1967) had the full title: ‘An Act to repeal the Maintenance Act 1921 and to make fresh provision with respect to the jurisdiction of courts of summary jurisdiction in matrimonial causes and in relation to the maintenance of illegitimate children, and with respect to the enforcement in this State…
The Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2011 (Act No.15/2011) amended a number of provisions of the Principal Act.
The Child Welfare Amendment Act 1993 (Act No.17/1993) amended the Child Welfare Act 1960. This legislation amended a provision relating to indictable offences by children.
The Child Protection Amendment Act 1987 (Act No.31/1987) amended the Child Protection Act 1974.
Child Protection Amendment Act 1990 (Act No.43/1990) amended the Child Protection Act 1974.
The Child Protection Act 1978 (Act No.53/1978) amended the Child Protection Act 1974.
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