The Department for Communities and Social Inclusion was the new name given to the Department for Families and Communities in 2011. This department retains responsibility for Youth Justice. The Department was renamed to the Department of Human Services in 2018.
Families SA was the new name given to Children, Youth and Family Services on 1 May 2006. It remained part of the Department for Families and Communities until 2011 when it came under the new Department for Education and Child Development.
Family and Youth Services was part of the ‘super department’, the Department of Human Services. This department was established when a number of government departments, including the Department for Family and Community Services, were amalgamated in 1998. It was replaced by Children, Youth and Family Services in a newly created Department for Families and Communities…
Records of McBride Maternity Hospital, formerly Adelaide Maternity Home is a collection of records that date from 1893 to 1982 created by staff at the Adelaide Maternity Hospital, McBride Maternity Hospital and McBride Hospital. The records are held at the State Records of South Australia and include admission and discharge registers, clinical registers, patient information,…
The Queen Victoria Convalescent Home for Children opened at Mount Lofty in 1898. The home was operated by the Adelaide Children’s Hospital as a Convalescent home for children recovering from illness. It operated until the early 1940s. The Queen Victoria Convalescent Home for Children was built at Mount Lofty in 1897 and opened in 1898….
These Admission registers from Estcourt House are in two volumes and run from 1941 until 1978. The registers document (1) name of patient, (2) address, (3) date of birth, (4) admission date, (5) discharge date, (6) parents’ names, (7) ailment, (8) history of case and treatment. The entries are arranged in chronological order by date…
The Aboriginal Affairs Board was formed in 1963 as a result of the Aboriginal Affairs Act 1962. It replaced the Aborigines Protection Board. After the passing of the Aboriginal Affairs Act Amendment Act 1968 the Aboriginal Affairs Board’s role became a purely advisory one. With the passing of the Community Welfare Act 1972 the Aboriginal…
The Advisory Council of Aborigines was appointed by the Governor in January 1918 under the regulations of the Aborigines Act 1911. Its role was to advise, report and make recommendations to the Commissioner of Public Works who had responsibility for the Aborigines Office at that time. It was replaced by the Aborigines Protection Board in…
The Aborigines Department replaced the Aborigines Office in 1912 as a result of the Aborigines Act 1911. It was in turn replaced by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in 1963 as a result of the Aboriginal Affairs Act 1962.
The Aborigines Office was the name given to the Office of the Protector of Aborigines in 1866 while the position of Protector was vacant due to illness. During this period the responsibilities of the Protector were taken on by clerks in the Aborigines Office and a greater number of sub-protectors. The Aborigines Office consisted only…
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