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McNally Training Centre

The McNally Training Centre opened at Magill in 1967 in new buildings on the site of the Boys’ Reformatory, Magill. Run by the government, it provided secure care for boys aged 15 to 18 sentenced by the Juvenile Court for committing offences. Younger boys were sent to Brookway Park. In the 1970s McNally also took…

Magill Industrial School

The Magill Industrial School opened in 1869 at Magill as a government Receiving Home for State children who had been housed at the Grace Darling Hotel, Brighton. The Girls’ Reformatory, Magill shared the site from 1881 to 1891 as did the Boys’ Reformatory, Magill from 1869 to 1880. In 1898 the Industrial School moved to…

Children, Youth and Family Services, Department for Families and Communities, South Australian Government

Children, Youth and Family Services was part of the new Department for Families and Communities. This Department was formed when the Department of Human Services was split into the Department of Health and the Department for Families and Communities in 2004. Children Youth and Family Services changed its name to Families SA in 2006.

Lochiel Park Boys’ Training Centre

Lochiel Park Boys’ Training Centre at Campbelltown opened in 1958. It was the first government institution to provide accommodation and training for boys with mild intellectual disabilities. Some children requiring longer term care were sent to Seaforth Home, and later the Strathmont Centre and Ru Rua Nursing Home. From the 1970s Lochiel Park also provided…

Department for Community Welfare, South Australian Government

The Department for Community Welfare was formerly known as the Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs. In 1990 it became the Department for Family and Community Services.

Department for Family and Community Services, South Australian Government

The Department for Family and Community Services was formerly known as the Department for Community Welfare. In 1998 it became Children, Youth and Family Services.

Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs, South Australian Government

The Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs was formed in 1970 by the amalgamation of the Department of Social Welfare and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. In 1972 it became the Department for Community Welfare.

Department of Social Welfare, South Australian Government

The Department of Social Welfare joined with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in 1970 to form the Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs.

Department of Aboriginal Affairs, South Australian Government

The Department of Aboriginal Affairs replaced the Aborigines Department in1963. In 1970 it was replaced by the Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs.

Ilfracombe, Boys Reformatory

Ilfracombe Boys Reformatory opened in Burnside in 1869. Run by the government it took in a number of boys convicted of offences who had been accommodated in the Grace Darling Hotel, Brighton. Other boys were sent to the Boys Reformatory, Magill. Ilfracombe closed in 1880 when the boys from both reformatories were moved to the…