The Maintenance Act Amendment Act 1941 (Act No. 44/1941) was fully entitled ‘An Act to amend the Maintenance Act, 1926-1937 and for other purposes’. It commenced on 27 November 1941. This Act replaced the terms ‘uncontrollable’ and ‘incorrigible’ with the term ‘uncontrolled’. It also allowed for the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Board to transfer…
The Youth Court of South Australia was established under the Youth Courts Act (SA) 1993 to hear matters related to youth offending, child protection, adoption and surrogacy. The Court was made up of three branches: the Court, the Family Conference Team and the Care and Protection Unit. The Youth Court was closed to the public….
The Children’s Court in South Australia was established in 1895 under the provisions of the State Children Act. This Act formalised an arrangement which had been in place in the colony since the early 1890s, to separate hearings of juveniles from those of adults. The Children’s Court went by a number of names in the…
The Destitute Persons Act Amendment Act 1886 (No 387 of 49 and 50 Vic, 1886) established the State Children’s Council and introduced the term ‘State Child’ into legislation. The State Children’s Council took over all the functions of the Destitute Board in relation to children. The Destitute Persons Act Amendment Act 1886 was amended by…
ICRA House, also known as Naldera Cottage, opened as a Hostel for refugee children under the Unaccompanied Refugee Youth Programme in 1979. The former Naldera Family Home in Glandore was leased by the government to the Indo-Chinese Refugee Association for the purpose. The Home provided accommodation for 5 Vietnamese children who had come to Australia…
The Indo-Chinese Refugee Association was established in 1975 by a group of people concerned at the plight of refugees arriving in Australia from Vietnam. They aimed to establish a compassionate community response to ensuring the welfare of refugees, and practical measures to assist them to settle into their new community. The Indochinese Refugee Association changed…
Naldera Family Home was run by the government as a family home in Glandore. It took over the building that had been known as Reception Cottage. Children in the Home lived under the supervision of cottage parents. From 1978-1979, the Home was also referred to as a Home Care Unit. In 1979, the building was…
The Highgate Park Heritage Collection relates to The Home for Incurables and its successors, the Julia Farr Centre, Julia Farr Services and Highgate Park. The collection includes administrative records and a limited number of patient related records. The date range covered by the records and other material is 1879 to 2020. The collection was held…
The Monarto Family Home was established by the Department for Community Welfare in 1977. It provided accommodation for a small number of children in a family group setting. The children were supervised by Home parents who were paid a subsidy for each child. In 2014 the exact location and the closing date for the Monarto…
The Renmark Family Home was established by the Department for Community Welfare in 1978. It provided accommodation for a small number of children in a family group setting. The children were supervised by Home parents who were paid a subsidy for each child. In 2014 the exact location and the closing date for the Renmark…
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