M3793 Fact Finding Mission on Child Migration contains the itinerary and correspondence between the Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and John Moss about the Fact Finding Mission on Child Migration’s visit to Tasmania in 1955 and 1956. It also reports some of the comments made at a meeting with officials in…
M3157 John Moss (Child Welfare Expert of U.K) contains an itinerary and correspondence between the Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and Moss about his visit to Tasmania in 1951. Access Conditions Open These records have been digitised and are available online.
The Committee of Review into the Child Welfare Act (1960) began work on 7 January 1977. It reviewed the Act and the social services provided by the government and voluntary sector. The Committee reported in 1978. Dr Margot Roe chaired the Committee of Review into the Child Welfare Act 1960. Its members included, Dennis Daniels,…
M133 Legal Guardianship Migrant Children contains correspondence about the guardianship of migrant children between 1945 and 1951. The Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Bureau created the records. Access Conditions Open These records have been digitised and are available online.
An Act For Registering Births, Deaths And Marriages In The Island Of Van Diemen’s Land And Its Dependencies made the registration of births, deaths and marriages compulsory. It established the first Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Tasmania. Tasmania was the first colony to have this Act. It was passed just two years after…
The Tasmanian State Archives opened in 1949. This was the first attempt in Tasmania to manage, rather than just hold, state records. In 1962, it became the Archives Office of Tasmania. Before 1949, the Chief Secretary’s Department held state records. They kept them in the basement of the government buildings in Franklin Square, Hobart. In…
The Tasmanian State Service Act 1984 replaced the Public Service Appeals Board, established in 1958, with a Commissioner of Review.
The Public Service Act 1973 (Act No.18/1973) replaced the Public Service Commissioner with a Public Service Board.
The Southern Parenting Centre, run by the government, was established in the late 1980s or early 1990s with funds from the sale of the Mothercraft Home. It provided support and advice to parents with children up to the age of five. During the 1990s, more Parenting Centres opened throughout the state.
The Education Act of 1885 established the Education Department. It made it compulsory for all children aged between seven and 13 to attend school three days a week unless they were instructed elsewhere, had poor health, or there was no school within two miles. The aim of the Education Act was to provide a free,…
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