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South Australia - Glossary Term
Child Endowment (1941 - 1976)
- From
- July 1941
- To
- June 1976
- Location
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A child endowment was a non means tested flat payment made by the Commonwealth Government directly to mothers for each child under 16 after the first child. It was first introduced in July 1941 with the passing of the Child Endowment Act of that year. The initial rate of payment was 5 shillings per week per child. When the legislation was passed, children in State and Commonwealth institutions were excluded from this payment. (Charitable and religious institutions could receive child endowment payments.) In July 1942 the 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 June 1976 the child endowment payment was replaced by the Family Allowance.
- Collection Title
- Records of the Babies Home, Walkerville (Adelaide, S.Aust) (1920 - 1948)
- Date Range
- 1920 - 1948
- Reference
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SRG 94/134
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Miscellaneous correspondence and documents, St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay (1923 - 1970)
- Date Range
- 1923 - 1970
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Professional Standards Office Records Service of the Catholic Church:
Postal Address: Catholic Diocesan Centre, 39 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8210 8275 or 1800 139 020
Email: receptionprofstandards@adelaide.catholic.org.au
Website: https://adelaide.catholic.org.au/our-people/professional-standards/records-service
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Far North Children's Health Scheme Records, Warrawee (1969 - 1974)
- Date Range
- 1969 - 1974
- Reference
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MS 5574, Boxes 257-263
[National Library of Australia Manuscript Reference Number]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Postal address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Child Endowment Claim forms, The Babies Home Walkerville (1941 - 1944)
- Date Range
- 1941 - 1944
- Reference
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SRG 94/134/5
[State Library of South Australia Archival Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the AskUs service at the State Library of South Australia:
Postal Address: GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8207 7250 or SA country callers 1800 182 013
Website: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/ask-us
DETAILS
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