The Independent Living Unit, run by the government, opened in about 1983. It was a part of the Northern Regional Resource Unit in Launceston. Wards of state learned independent living skills through a residential six month course at the Independent Living Unit which could also take emergency placements. It closed around 1990.
The Independent Living Unit was run by the Northern Regional Resource Unit in Launceston.
Sources used to compile this entry: Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1984, Department for Community Welfare, Hobart, 1984; Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1986, Department for Community Welfare, Hobart, 1986.
Prepared by: Caroline Evans
Created: 4 January 2013, Last modified: 24 January 2014