The Declaration of the Rights of the Child set out ten principles related to children’s rights. The Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1959. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
On 20 June 2000, on the motion of Senator Andrew Murray, the Senate referred the issue of child migration to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report. An estimated five to ten thousand child migrants from both Britain and Malta came to Australia between1922 and 1967, most of whom were sent to charitable…
Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN), founded in 2000 in Sydney, is a support and advocacy group for people brought up in care away from their family as state wards or children raised in Children’s Homes, orphanages or other institutions, or in foster care. CLAN is also for anyone who has a close family member who…
The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart is a religious order founded in 1866, at Penola in South Australia. Its first member and Superior was Mary MacKillop. The Sisters were active in several Australian states in education and child welfare, establishing several schools, orphanages and babies’ and children’s Homes. The order of the…
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The Juvenile Offenders (Detention) Ordinance 1936 (Act no. 28/1936) was an amending act of the Juvenile Offenders (Detention) Ordinance 1935 (Act no. 4/1935). It became effective on 16 July 1936 and was repealed by the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1941 on 4 September 1941.
The Juvenile Offenders (Probation) Ordinance 1940 (Act no. 9/1940) commenced on 30 May 1940 and was repealed by the Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 on 1 March 1958. Its full title is ‘An Ordinance relating to Juvenile Offenders on Probation.’ This Act was repealed by the Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 on 1 March 1958.
The Children and Young People Amendment Act 2010 (No. 2) (Act no. 38/2010) commenced on 4 and 5 March 2010 and was repealed by the Legislation Act 2001 (Section 89 paragraph 1) on 6 March 2010.
The Children’s Services (Amendment) Act 1988 (Act no. 18/1988) varied the Children’s Services Ordinance 1986 on 26 April 1988 (Section 2). This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988. It was repealed by Children and Young People (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 on 10 May 2000.
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