Port Keats Mission Station is a correspondence file kept by the Office of the Administrator of the Northern Territory. It contains letters, memorandums and reports related to the mission at Port Keats. The file mainly includes correspondence between the Roman Catholic Church, the mission, and the Northern Territory administration. The file begins with correspondence about…
Port Keats, Catholic Mission – Northern Territory is a correspondence file kept by the Commonwealth Department of Territories. It contains letters, memorandums and reports related to the mission at Port Keats. The file includes correspondence between the Roman Catholic Church, the mission, and the Northern Territory administration. Access Conditions ‘Open with exception’. This file has…
St Mary’s Hostel – Alice Springs – Australian Board of Missions – Institution for half-caste children is a file containing documents related to the beginnings of the St Mary’s Home for Children in 1946. The Home was also referred to as St Mary’s Hostel and, when it was first established, as the Mount Blatherskite Hostel…
The Mount Blatherskite Hostel was established in 1946 by the Australian Board of Missions at Mount Blatherskite near Alice Springs. It provided accommodation and training for Aboriginal children who were studying or doing apprenticeships in Alice Springs. Parents paid board for their children placed in the Hostel. The Mount Blatherskite Hostel was renamed the St…
Territory Health Services was formed when the health function of the Department of Health and Community Services [l] was separated in 1995. In 2001 a second version of the Department of Health and Community Services was established and this took over the functions of Territory Health Services.
The Deparment of Resources and Health took over responsibility for health from the Northern Territory Divisional Office, Department of Health. In 1978 the functions of this Department were taken over by the Department of Health, Northern Territory Government.
The Department of Community Development took over from the Department of Community and Social Development in 1978. It became responsible for the social welfare, including child welfare, guardianship and adoption. In 1987 this department was combined with Department of Resources and Health to form the Department of Health and Community Services [l]
The Department of Community and Social Development was the new name given to the Department of Community Services in September 1977. Among other functions, this Department was responsible for social welfare. On 1 July 1978 new administrative arrangements were made in the Northern Territory Government and the majority of former departments were abolished. The functions…
The Department of Community Services existed under this name for a very short time, from January to September 1977. This interim Department existed while Commonwealth functions were gradually being transferred to the Northern Territory Government in preparation for self government. The Department of Community Services was responsible for social welfare during this time. This Department…
The Community Welfare Section of the Department of the Northern Territory took over social welfare functions from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in 1974. The work of this section was taken over by the Department of Community Services in 1977 when, in preparation for self government, some of the functions of the Commonwealth were passed…
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