Report

Author

McCulloch, J.E.

Title

Child Welfare Department : report on the general organisation, control and administration of, with special reference to state welfare institutions

Imprint

Alfred James Kent, Government Printer, Sydney, 1934, 142 pp

Description

This was a major commission of inquiry into the Child Welfare Department (referred to as the 'Child Welfare Branch') that found widespread abuses at government-run shelters, correctional institutions, hostels for mothers and babies, depots and homes for 'mentally defective' children. It led to significant changes to child welfare legislation, and resulted in the Child Welfare Act 1939.

Libraries Australia Catalogue Entry

http://nla.gov.au/andb.bib-an14152777

Related Entries

Legislation

• Child Welfare Act 1923 (1923 - 1939)
• Child Welfare Act 1939 (1939 - 1987)

Organisations

• Child Welfare Department, State Government of New South Wales (1923 - 1970)
• Garth (1924 - 1934?)
• Gosford Training School (1923 - 1945)
• Riverina Welfare Farm for Boys, Yanco (1928 - 1942)

Related Publications

isCitedBy

• Parry, Naomi, 'Such a longing': black and white children in welfare in New South Wales and Tasmania, 1880-1940, Department of History, University of New South Wales, 2007, 361 pp, http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/40786. Details