Families SA was the new name given to Children, Youth and Family Services on 1 May 2006. It remained part of the Department for Families and Communities until 2011 when it came under the new Department for Education and Child Development.
1849 - 1886 Destitute Board
1849 - 1910 Destitute Poor Department
1849 - 1910 Destitute Poor Department
1866 - 1912 Aborigines Office
1886 - 1927 State Children's Department
1886 - 1927 State Children's Council
1910 - 1927 Destitute Persons' Department
1912 - 1962 Aborigines Department
1927 - 1966 Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board
1927 - 1966 Children's Welfare and Public Relief Department
1963 - 1970 Department of Aboriginal Affairs
1966 - 1970 Department of Social Welfare
1970 - 1972 Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs
1972 - 1990 Department for Community Welfare
1990 - 1998 Department for Family and Community Services
1998 - 2004 Family and Youth Services, Department of Human Services
2004 - 2006 Children, Youth and Family Services, Department for Families and Communities
2006 - 2011 Families SA, Department for Families and Communities
2011 - 2016 Families SA, Department for Education and Child Development
2011 - 2018 Department for Communities and Social Inclusion
2016 - Department for Child Protection
2018 - Department of Human Services
Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George
Created: 22 May 2012, Last modified: 17 July 2013
Last updated: 7 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/sa/biogs/SE01127b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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