Anglicare Adoption Services was established in 1997. Previously it was known as the Anglican Adoption Agency. It is a specific part of the Anglicare Out of Home Care Services and of the Anglicare Telepea Office that supports adoption services. This includes providing ongoing support to all main parties in a past adoption made through the agency.
1960 - 1965 Carramar Adoption Agency
1965 - 1978 Church of England Adoption Agency
1978 - 1997 Anglican Adoption Agency
1997 - Anglicare Adoption Services
Sources used to compile this entry: Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf; Email correspondence with Anglicare Out of Home Care, October 2014.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry and Nicola Laurent
Created: 3 March 2011, Last modified: 10 December 2014