Home help, provided under the Domestic Assistance Act 1947, was one of a range of measures used by the Social Welfare Department , and its successors, to support families experiencing problems and so keep the children out of state care. In 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services continues to provide home help.
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The Find & Connect Support Service can help people who lived in orphanages and children's institutions look for their records.
Last updated:
20 July 2023
Cite this: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/tas/TE00317
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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