Subsidised institution (or scheduled institution) is a term that has been used to describe an out-of-home care institution which received a government payment for each eligible child accommodated there. The subsidies were sometimes referred to as inmate subsidies or capitation grants, and in some jurisdictions institutions receiving subsidies were known as Approved Institutions or Approved…
On 24 February 2010, the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued an apology to child migrants, for the United Kingdom’s role in deporting thousands of children to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Some former child migrants were funded by the British Government to go to London and hear the Prime Minister’s statement…
The International Association of Former Child Migrants and Their Families (IAFCM&F) advocates for recognition, understanding and reparation for people who were sent as child migrants from their countries of birth. The IAFCM&F has presented submissions to various Inquiries into child migration. The International Association of Former Child Migrants and Their Families (IAFCM&F) advocates for recognition,…
The Police Prisons Act 1905 (Act No.884/1905) was passed on 9 December 1905. Its full title was: An Act to provide for the establishment of Police Prisons. The Act was repealed by the Prisons Act 1936 on 1 June 1937.
The Kalyra Sanatorium opened in Gloucester Avenue, Belair, in 1894 as a Home for people suffering from tuberculosis. It was run by the James Brown Memorial Trust which opened Estcourt House in the same year. The first patients were admitted to the sanatorium in 1895. A new wing with 12 private rooms was added in…
Families SA was transferred from the former Department for Families and Communities to the new Department for Education and Child Development in 2011. Families SA continues to provide child protection and family support services. The Youth Justice function of Families SA is now part of the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion. In 2016, Families…
The collection Records of the South Australia Youth Remand and Assessment Centre contains logs, admission/ intake cards and property disposition forms related to the South Australia Youth Remand and Assessment Centre, Vaughan House and a number of other Government-run institutions for children operating between 1961 and 1999. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable…
The Adoption of Children Act 1925 (Act No. 1692/1925) commenced on 17 December 1925. Its long title was ‘An Act relating to the Adoption of Children’. It introduced a system of legal adoption of children in South Australia for children under the age of 15 years. It was repealed by the Adoption of Children Act…
The Aborigines Act 1934 (Act No. 2154/1934) combined the provisions of the previous 1911 and 1923 Aborigines Acts. Its full title was ‘An Act to consolidate certain Acts relating to the protection and control of the aboriginal and half-caste inhabitants of South Australia.’ The Act was passed on 18 October 1934 and commenced on 1…
The Aboriginal Orphans Act (No 12 of 7 and 8 Vic, 1844) was passed and commenced on 28 August 1844. Its full title was: An Ordinance to Provide for the Protection, Maintenance, and Up-Bringing of Orphans and other Destitute Children of the Aborigines. It was repealed by the Aborigines Act 1911 on 7 December 1911….