State Government of Queensland
The Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services Department was establlished in March 2012. It holds records relating to institutions operated by the State. The government department was formerly known as the Communities Department. Child Safety Services is part of the Department, it is the Queensland Government agency for child protection and adoption services.on 12 December 2017, the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services split into the Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors and the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women.
Under Departmental Arrangements Notice (No. 1) 2012, the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services was established on 3 April 2012, following the dissolution of the Department of Communities.
The Department is responsible for:
1879 - 1911 Public Instruction Department, Orphanages Branch
1904 - 1939 Chief Protector of Aboriginals Office
1911 - 1935 Home Secretary's Office, State Children Department
1935 - 1963 Health and Home Affairs Department, State Children Department
1939 - 1966 Director Of Native Affairs Office
1963 - 1966 Labour and Industry Department, State Children Department
1966 - 1975 Aboriginal and Island Affairs Department
1966 - 1987 Children's Services Department
1975 - 1984 Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement Department
1984 - 1987 Community Services Department
1987 Family and Youth Services Department
1987 - 1989 Community Services and Ethnic Affairs Department
1987 - 1989 Family Services Department
1989 - 1996 Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Department
1989 - 1996 Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Department
1996 - 1998 Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
1996 Department of Family and Community Services
1996 - 2001 Department of Families, Youth and Community Care
1998 - 2001 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development Department
2001 - 2004 Department of Families
2001 - 2006 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Department
2001 - 2004 Department of Families
2004 - 2009 Child Safety Department
2004 - 2012 Communities Department
2012 - 2017 Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services Department
2017 - 2020 Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
2020 - Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs, State Government of Queensland
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 6 September 2011, Last modified: 11 December 2018