The Child Endowment was introduced in July 1941 following the passage of the Commonwealth Child Endowment Act of that year. Under the Act, mothers, foster mothers, and the managers of privately run institutions received five shillings a week for each child after the first. The child had to be under 16. There was no means test.
An amendment in 1942 extended the endowment to state government institutions, Aboriginal children living for at least 6 months of the year on a mission station, and children maintained by a deceased estate.
The government increased the rate of pay in 1950 and 1964.
The Child Endowment became an important source of income for foster parents and privately run children's homes in Tasmania.
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01 March 2019
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