Ken Buttrum interviewed by Gail Winkworth in the National Library of Australia's Children and the State oral history project [sound recording]

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Publication Date
15 October 2009
URL
http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4704164
Description
In this recording of Ken Buttrum in 2009, the former Director General of the New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice, discusses his work at the Anglican Youth Department, Minda Detention Centre, Mount Penang Training School for Boys, the Institution for Boys Tamworth and Endeavour House, Parramatta Girls Home. Mr Buttrum also describes the development of the Young Offenders Service, Child Care and Protection Acts, rights of children, juvenile justice reforms, the Pryke Report, Stanmore Community Youth Centres, policies towards offenders and Aboriginal youth, and thoughts on reform.

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