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Record Cards of Children with Residential Domestic Status

The Record Cards of Children with Residential Domestic Status were created by Departmental Child Welfare Officers between 1955 and 1972. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of the last entry in them. People wishing to access these records should contact…

Record Cards of Wards of the State

The Record Cards of Wards of State were kept by Departmental Child Welfare Officers between 1955 and 1990. They contain personal information about children who were state wards. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of the last entry in them….

Correspondence, Applications & Associated Records Relating to the Custody & Welfare of Children (Southern Regional Offices)

The Correspondence, Applications and Associated Records Relating to the Custody and Welfare of Children (Southern Regional Offices) were created by the Southern Regional Office of the Social Services Department and its successors between 1950 and 1996. They contain personal information. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public…

Record Cards of “Non-Citizen” Children Including Children Arriving Under the Child Migration Scheme

The Record Cards of ‘Non-Citizen’ Children Including Children Arriving Under the Child Migration Scheme contain personal details of children who were not Australian citizens and whose guardian was the Director of the Social Services Department and its successors between 1950 and 1989. The cards also provide some brief information about the welfare of the children….

Hobart Area Office – Register/Index of Appearances by Juveniles in the Children’s Court in Tasmania

The Register/Index of Appearances by Juveniles in the Children’s Court in Tasmania includes cases dismissed, admonished and discharged, and adjourned without a date for resuming the case. These records date from 1941 to 1981. They come from the Hobart Area Office of the Social Services Department and its successor, the Social Welfare Department. Access Conditions…

Hobart Area Office-Register/Index of Wards and Supervision Cases

Hobart Area Office – Register/Index of Wards and Supervision Cases was created by the Hobart Area Office of the Social Services Department and its successor, the Social Welfare Department, between 1941 and 1983. The index contains information about the placement of state wards and children being supervised as well as payments to foster mothers and…

Case Files of the Child Welfare Division

The Case Files of the Child Welfare Division contain personal information about children who came under the auspices of the Child Welfare Division of the Social Services Department and its successors between 1939 and 1972. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the…

Record Cards of Infants in the Care of Foster Mothers and Nursing Homes

The Record Cards of Infants in the Care of Foster Mothers and Nursing Homes contain personal details of children under five years old temporarily placed in a foster or nursing home between 1947 and 1961. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the…

Case Files of the Child Welfare Division (Northern Office)

The Case Files of the Child Welfare Division (Northern Office) contain personal information about wards of state and other children that came under the supervision of the Children of the State Department and its successors between 1932 and 2003. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for…

Correspondence Relating to Children Placed in Nursing Homes

The Correspondence Relating to Children Placed in Nursing Homes concerns children under five years old temporarily placed in nursing or foster homes between 1934 and 1953. Access Conditions Open Records The correspondence is only a sample of records which show the administrative process of placing children in nursing or foster homes temporarily. The rest of…