The Lady Musgrave Sanitorium for Sick Children, in Shorncliffe, was built in 1884 as a convalescent home for children. The Sanitorium did not formally open until 1888. Lady Lucinda Musgrave was the first patroness of the Hospital for Sick Children, and personally secured the land at Shorncliffe which was given in trust by the government….
The Mental Health Act of 1962 repealed and replaced the Mental Hygiene Act 1938. The new legislation focused on provision of psychiatric care alongside other health services. In 1974 this act was itself replaced by the Mental Health Act 1974.
The Red Cross Home, at Margate Beach, Redcliffe opened around 1945. It was run by the Australian Red Cross and operated as a convalescent home for children from the Mater and Brisbane Hospitals. It also provided emergency care for children while their mothers were in hospital. The home closed in 1975. The Red Cross Home…
The Sandgate Maternal and Child Welfare Home, at Sandgate, opened in March, 1944 as a government-run convalescent and emergency care home for children. It accommodated children whose mothers were seriously ill and for whose care no other suitable arrangements could be made. From 1901 to 1942, the same building in Flinders Parade, Sandgate, had been…
The Sandgate Centre, in Sandgate, opened in August 1983 and closed in April 1994. Previously, it was known as the Sandgate Maternal and Child Welfare Home. It was run by Intellectual Disability Services, which was part of the Queensland Health Department. In 1987, Intellectual Disability Services became part of the Family Services Department. The Sandgate…
The Broadhurst Convalescent Home, at Sandgate, opened in December, 1901. It was a government-run convalescent home for patients from Brisbane Hospital. The Home closed in 1942. The Brisbane Hospital Committee had maintained a convalescent home for patients in a rented home in Sandgate from 1885. It acquired its own property in late 1901 and the…
This act with the full title “An Act to provide for the protection of the lives of children and for their sexual safety, and to amend other Acts relating to the protection of children” (Act no. 17/2008) enabled the Magistrates Court or Children’s Court to prohibit previously convicted child sex offenders from engaging in certain…
This act with the full title “An Act to establish the Children Services Tribunal, to provide for the review by the tribunal of certain decisions about services for children, and for other purposes” (Act no.59/2000) established the Children Services Tribunal. This act was repealed by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 (No.23) on…
This act with the full title “An Act to amend the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000 and the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, and for related purposes” (Act no. 18/2008) expanded the exclusion of disqualified persons from applying for a blue card also known as a working with…
This act with the full title “An Act to amend the Child Protection Act 1999 to provide for interstate transfers of certain orders and proceedings, and for other purposes” (Act no.7/2000) had three key aims. Firstly to support child protection between Queensland and the rest of Australia and New Zealand. Secondly to implement recommendations from…
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