Please contact Adoptions and Permanency Services:
Postal Address: PO Box 538, Hobart TAS 7001
Phone: (03) 6166 0422
Adoptions and Permanency Services Email: adoption.service@decyp.tas.gov.au
Website: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/children/adoptions-and-permanency-services/
Alternatively, please contact the After Care Support Program:
After Care Support Program Phone: (03) 6166 0422 or 1300 654 583
After Care Support Program Email: aftercaresupport@decyp.tas.gov.au
Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Series Number, AD261
These records are held by Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current).
The Record Cards of Children Under Legal Supervision date from 1955 to 1978. They contain the names of 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.
This series is organised alphabetically but in two groups. It is broken into three items. They are: