When Child Endowment was first introduced in July 1941 the initial rate of payment was 5 shillings per week per child.
When the legislation was passed, children in State or Commonwealth-fuded institutions were excluded from this payment. Orphanages and homes run by religious or charitable groups were eligible to receive child endowment payments. In July 1942 the Child Endowment Act was amended to allow payment to be extended to include children 'cared for' in government-run institutions and Aboriginal children living for at least 6 months of the year on a mission station. In these cases Child Endowment was paid to the institutions. Many of these institutions came to rely on Child Endowment payments.
In June 1976 this payment was replaced by the Family Allowance.
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Last updated:
26 November 2020
Cite this: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/nt/YE00139
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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