Please contact Adoptions and Permanency Services:
Postal Address: PO Box 538, Hobart TAS 7001
Phone: (03) 6166 0422
Aftercare Support Program Phone: 1300 654 583
Adoptions and Permanency Services Email: adoption.services@communities.tas.gov.au
After Care Support Program Email: aftercaresupport@communities.tas.gov.au
Website: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/children/adoptions-and-permanency-services/
Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Series Number, AD212
These records are held by Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current).
The Police Reports Received from the Children’s Court date from 1941 to 1959. They contain personal information about children.
Closed D75 years
D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of the last entry in them. People wishing to access these records should contact Adoptions and Permanency Services After Care Support Program, which is run by the Department of Communities Tasmania. Applicants will be required to fill out a Personal Information Protection (PIP) form. How access is provided once permission is granted will depend on the file. Usually Adoption and Permanency Services request it back and then provide access or copies. Staff at the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office may be able to assist you in finding other relevant records.
The items within this series are ordered chronologically and titled by case number. The contain information including name, age, religion, address, date of birth, parents names, and details of offences.
The case numbers in these files refer to case numbers given in the related series ‘Police Reports, Correspondence and associated Papers of Cases relating to Juveniles, Heard by the Children’s Court’ (Series Number LC30).