The Kalyra Sanatorium opened in Gloucester Avenue, Belair, in 1894 as a Home for people suffering from tuberculosis. It was run by the James Brown Memorial Trust which opened Estcourt House in the same year. The first patients were admitted to the sanatorium in 1895. A new wing with 12 private rooms was added in…
Families SA was transferred from the former Department for Families and Communities to the new Department for Education and Child Development in 2011. Families SA continues to provide child protection and family support services. The Youth Justice function of Families SA is now part of the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion. In 2016, Families…
The collection Records of the South Australia Youth Remand and Assessment Centre contains logs, admission/ intake cards and property disposition forms related to the South Australia Youth Remand and Assessment Centre, Vaughan House and a number of other Government-run institutions for children operating between 1961 and 1999. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable…
The Adoption of Children Act 1925 (Act No. 1692/1925) commenced on 17 December 1925. Its long title was ‘An Act relating to the Adoption of Children’. It introduced a system of legal adoption of children in South Australia for children under the age of 15 years. It was repealed by the Adoption of Children Act…
The Aborigines Act 1934 (Act No. 2154/1934) combined the provisions of the previous 1911 and 1923 Aborigines Acts. Its full title was ‘An Act to consolidate certain Acts relating to the protection and control of the aboriginal and half-caste inhabitants of South Australia.’ The Act was passed on 18 October 1934 and commenced on 1…
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 It was repealed by the Aborigines Act 1911 on 7 December 1911….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…
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