State Government of Queensland
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development Department was created on 4 September 1998. The Department amalgamated the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and the Community and Personal Histories Section from various Government Departments. The creation of this department reflected a shift in policy at this time away from a welfare model to community capacity building. From February until June 2001, the Department was known as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Partnerships Agency Queensland. In June 2001, the Department was renamed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Department.
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
1996 - 1998 Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
1998 - 2001 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development Department
2001 - 2006 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Department
2004 - 2012 Communities Department
2012 - 2015 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs Department
2012 - 2017 Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services Department
2015 - 2020 Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
2017 - 2020 Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
2020 - Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs, State Government of Queensland
2020 - Department of Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development Department (Agency ID 9450)', in Queensland State Archives website, Queensland Government, 2004 - 2013, http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=9450.
Prepared by: Nicola Laurent
Created: 16 September 2014, Last modified: 17 September 2014
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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