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Western Australia - Organisation
Department for Community Services (1985 - 1992)
State of Western Australia
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Department for Community Services, logo, 1986, courtesy of Department for Child Protection and Family Support, Department for Community Services, Western Australia , Annual Report 1986, front cover.
DETAILS
- From
- 1 January 1985
- To
- 1 October 1992
- Categories
- Government Department, Care Provider, Adoption Agency
- Location
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The Department for Community Services (DCS) was the new name given on 1 January 1985 to the previous Department for Community Welfare. The DCS continued as the key government organisation responsible for child welfare in Western Australia until 1 October 1992, when it was replaced by the Department for Community Development.
Timeline
- 1972 - 1985
- Department for Community Welfare, State of Western Australia
- 1985 - 1992
- Department for Community Services
- 1992 - 1995
- Department for Community Development, State of Western Australia
- Collection Title
- Records of the Department of Child Protection and Family Support, and predecessors (1894 - )
- Date Range
- 1894 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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DETAILS
- Series Title
- Files - Community Welfare ("A" Series), State Records Office of Western Australia (1908 - 1990)
- Date Range
- 1908 - 1990
- Reference
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Series 1099
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Client Files, Child Protection and Family Support [and its predecessors] (1921 - )
- Date Range
- 1921 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Family Information Research System (1921 - )
- Date Range
- 1921 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
DETAILS
Department for Community Services, logo
Departmental offices, Royal Street, East Perth
Adoption of Children Amendment Act 1985