Department for Community Services (1985 - 1992)

Related Entries

Timeline

 1887 - 1890 Aborigines Protection Board
       1890 - 1898 Aborigines Protection Board
             1898 - 1908 Aborigines Department
                   1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
                   1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
                         1874 - 1908 Superintendent of Poor Relief and Inspector of Charitable Institutions
                         1920 - 1926 Department of the North West
                         1920 - 1964 Fisheries Department
                               1898 - 1936 Chief Protector of Aborigines
                               1908 - 1917 Public Charities and State Children Department
                               1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
                                     1917 - 1927 State Children Department
                                     1936 - 1954 Commissioner for Native Affairs
                                     1936 - 1954 Department of Native Affairs
                                           1927 - 1972 Child Welfare Department
                                           1954 - 1972 Commissioner of Native Welfare
                                           1955 - 1972 Department of Native Welfare
                                                 1972 - 1985 Department for Community Welfare
                                                       1985 - 1992 Department for Community Services
                                                             1992 - 1995 Department for Community Development
                                                                   1995 - 2001 Department for Family and Children's Services
                                                                         2001 - 2007 Department for Community Development
                                                                               2007 - 2013 Department for Communities
                                                                               2007 - 2013 Department for Child Protection
                                                                                     2013 - 2017 Department of Local Government and Communities
                                                                                     2013 - 2017 Department for Child Protection and Family Support
                                                                                           2017 - Department of Communities
                                                                                           2017 - Department of Communities
                                                                                           2017 - Child Protection and Family Support
                                                                                           2017 - Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Publications

Reports

• Western Australia. Department for Community Services, Annual Report: Department for Community Services, Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, [Perth], 1985-1992. Details

Online Resources

• 'Western Australian Government Gazette No.127', in Western Australian Government Gazette Online Archive, State Law Publisher of Western Australia, 24 October 1986, https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg1986_127.pdf/$FILE/Gg1986_127.pdf?OpenElement. Details
• Child Protection Publications, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013, http://www.aihw.gov.au/child-protection-publications/. Details
• 'AU WA A40 - Department for Community Services', in State Records Office of Western Australia - Organisations & People, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2015, https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/department-for-community-services-au-wa-a40. Details
• Department for Community Development, State of Western Australia, 'Submission No. 55 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details

Photos

Title

Adoption of Children Amendment Act 1985

Type

Document

Date

13 December 1985

Source

State Law Publisher of Western Australia

Details

Title

Department for Community Services, logo

Type

Image

Date

1986

Source

Department for Child Protection and Family Support, Department for Community Services, Western Australia , Annual Report 1986, front cover

Details

Title

Departmental offices, Royal Street, East Perth

Type

Image

Date

1987

Source

Department for Child Protection and Family Support, Department for Community Services, Western Australia , Annual Report 1987, p.7

Details