Public Instruction Department, Orphanages Branch (1879 - 1911)

From

2 October 1879

To

1 December 1911

Categories

Government Department, Care Provider

Location

Queensland

The Orphanages Branch of the Public Instruction Department was created to administer The Orphanages Act 1879 which provided for the establishment and management of asylums for orphans as well as deserted and neglected children. The Branch was responsible under the Act for the care of orphaned and deserted and neglected children.The Department ran Townsville Orphanage, Rockhampton Orphanage, Rockhampton Receiving Depot, Diamantina Orphanage, Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba, Westbrook Reformatory for Boys, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys and Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home. Under the State Children Act 1911 care for children passed to the Home Secretary's office from 1 December 1911.

Timeline

1879 - 1911

Public Instruction Department, Orphanages Branch

1911 - 1935

Home Secretary's Office, State Children Department, State Government of Queensland