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New South Wales - Glossary Term
Foster Care (1881 - )
Boarding out homes on the Hawkesbury River, 1915, courtesy of W.A. Gullick, Government Printer.
Details
- From
- 1881
Foster care is a home-based service provided to children and young people up to 18 years of age who are temporarily or permanently unable to live with their families of origin. Foster care is arranged by government or not-for-profit agencies, who supervise the placement and pay allowances to foster carers.
Publications
Newspaper Articles
Reports
- Berry, M; French, B; Roden, D, Inquiry into children and youth under institutional and other forms of care; submission by Department of Youth and Community Services, New South Wales, February, 1984, 1984. Details
Resources
- Dependent children registers, 1883-1923 [microform] / State Children's Relief Board, Manuscript, Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies, Blackburn, 1995. Details
- Association of Children's Welfare Agencies, A Short History of Out of Home Care in New South Wales, Prepared for the Coalition for Children in Care, 2010. Also available at http://www.acwa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/short_history_OOHC.pdf. Details
- Coalition for Children in Care, A brief history of Out of Home Care in NSW since 1980, ACWA, 2010. Details
Resource Sections
Online Resources
- 'Dept of Community Services', in State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/114. Details
- 'Child Care and Protection Guide', in Museums of History NSW website, Museums of History NSW, https://mhnsw.au/guides/child-care-and-protection-guide/. Details
- 'Heritage Buildings: Bidura, 357 Glebe Point Road', in The Glebe Society, The Glebe Society, http://www.glebesociety.org.au/wordpress/?buildings=bidura. Details
- 'Submission 8', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- 'Forgotten Australians: Caroline's Story - Everything I didn't have', in Forgotten Australians: Life Stories, Alliance for Forgotten Australians, 2011, https://youtu.be/WRmf5Pbibe0. Details
- Stolen Generations' Testimonies, Stolen Generations' Testimonies Foundation, 2012, http://www.stolengenerationstestimonies.com/. Details
- Carroll, Caroline, 'Finally, we Forgotten Australians are believed', 16 November 2009, http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/contributors/finally-we-forgotten-australians-are-believed-20091116-igm8.html. Details
- Durant (nee Green), Carmel, 'Our Story', in Inside: Children's Homes, National Museum of Australia, Australian Government, 2010, https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142238/http://nma.gov.au/blogs/inside/2010/03/05/our-story/. Details
- Kenneally, Christine, 'The Forgotten Ones: half a million lost childhoods', The Monthly, no. 81, August 2012, http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2012/august/1354057131/christine-kenneally/forgotten-ones. Details
- Patrick, Sheila, 'Children who need foster parents' love: State gives everything except true family life', The Australian Women's Weekly, 28 May 1952, p. 21, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/46228664. Details
Photos
- Title
- Types of homes from which the Board receives wards
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1913?
- Publisher
- W.A. Gullick, Government Printer
Details
- Title
- Boarding out homes on the Hawkesbury River
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1915
- Publisher
- W.A. Gullick, Government Printer
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Women's Hospital, Crown Street, State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016. Also available at https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/1219.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 27 October 2011, Last modified: 30 August 2013