The Aboriginal Orphans Act (No 12 of 7 and 8 Vic, 1844) was passed and commenced on 28 August 1844. Its full title was: An Ordinance to Provide for the Protection, Maintenance, and Up-Bringing of Orphans and other Destitute Children of the Aborigines. It was repealed by the Aborigines Act 1911 on 7 December 1911….
Elizabeth Downs Cottage was opened by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission at Elizabeth Downs in 1976. In the mid to late 1970s, as a response to the government’s push to close large congregate care institutions and replace them with smaller group care, the Methodist Church closed Lentara and established a number of Cottage Homes in…
This amendment with the full title “An Act to further Amend “The Infant Life Protection Act of 1905” in certain particulars”(Act no. 18 Geo.V. No.8) ascended and commenced on the 26th of November 1927 Amends the Infant Life Protection Act of 1905 (Act no. 5 Edw.VII No.19), setting out changes to regulations around payments and…
This amendment with the full title “An Act to Amend “The Infant Life Protection Acts, 1905 to 1927”, in certain particulars”(Act no. 26 Geo.V. No.6) ascended and commenced on the 17th of October 1935 amends the Infant Life Protection Act 1905 (Act no.5 Edw.VII No.19). This amendment sets out regulations relating to the passing away…
Training, Riverview Farm, Salvation Army, is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It contains a copy of an article from the War Cry dated 12 February, 1927. The article focuses on the Salvation Army’s child migration scheme and talks about the function of the Riverview Training Farm in Queensland. Access Conditions This…
Carinity: Baptist Community Services is the new name of the organisation formerly known as Queensland Baptist Care. The new name was launched in May 2013. The name Carinity comes from the words ‘care’ and ‘affinity’. Carinity provides care and services for people in need.
St Mary’s Home was established in 1898. It was initially located at West End, but moved to Moggill Road, Taringa in 1900. It was operated by the Society of the Sacred Advent until 1907 when the Committee of St Mary’s Church of England Home took control. In 1919 St Mary’s Home, Taringa amalgamated with the…
The Church of England Rescue Home, in West End was established in 1894. It was run by the Society of the Sacred Advent. The Home accommodated pregnant single girls and unwed mothers and their babies. The residents operated a laundry on the site to generate income. In 1898 the Home relocated to Taringa.
The Premier and Cabinet Department provides services to the Premier’s parliamentary and executive government roles, co-ordinates government administration and policy, and Cabinet proceedings.
The Health and Home Affairs Department, within the State Children’s Department, was established in 1935 to provide care, management and control of orphaned, abandoned and convicted children and their property. Previously, it was known as the Home Secretary’s Office, State Children Department. The Department ran Toowoomba Mental Hospital and Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook. Responsibility…
Dec 18, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
