Parenting Centres opened in the 1990s. They are run by the Child Health and Parenting Service operated by the Department of Health and Human Services. They provide support to families with children up to the age of five. In 2014, Parenting Centres continue to operate. Parenting Centres help solve breast feeding, sleeping, and behaviour problems…
M2181 St Joseph’s Orphanage is a file created by the State Immigration Office. It contains the Orphanage’s application to receive child migrants from Britain and the correspondence associated with it. The file also contains extracts from the Sisters of Charity’s constitution and information about the Catholic Welfare Organisation. Access Conditions Open These records have been…
The New Town Mothercraft Home Agreement Act 1949 formalised the agreement between the Child Welfare Association and the government to transfer the Mothercraft Home to the Crown. The Act required the government to continue using the Home for the care and treatment of mothers and babies and to train mothercraft nurses. If sold, the proceeds…
The Child Health Association succeeded the Child Welfare Association in 1956. They continued to support the government’s family, child, and youth health services. In 2021 they rebranded as Families Tasmania. The association ceased operating in 2023, and its programs were transferred to various other organisations. In the 1970s, the Division of Public Health employed 53…
The Child Welfare Association formed in 1917 with the aim of reducing the high infant mortality rate. It established baby clinics throughout Tasmania to provide mothers with free information from nurses, doctors, and volunteers about child health and mother craft. Other projects included a campaign for a pure milk supply, classes to prepare school girls…
The Branch and State Council Records, an archival series, are non-state documents created by the Child Health Association, previously known as the Child Welfare Association, between 1919 and 1991. The series contains a range of items including correspondence, minutes, press cuttings, annual reports, clinic notes, a clinic diary, and financial statements. Access Conditions These records…
The State Council Correspondence and Associated Papers Relating to the Mothercraft Home is a file created by the Child Health Association, previously known as the Child Welfare Association. The file relates to proposals to move the Mothercraft Home during the 1980s. It contains information about the history of the Home. Access Conditions Open
The Mothercraft Home opened in New Town in 1925. The Child Welfare Association ran it until 1947 when the government took it over. Its main purpose was to give breast feeding advice to mothers but it also provided accommodation for children. In 1982, the Home moved to South Hobart. It closed around 1988. The Mothercraft…
Kennerley Children’s Homes Records date from 1869. The records include nominal rolls, photographs, annual reports, and personal files. However, this is a small remnant of the original collection. Kennerley Boys’ Home (now Kennerley Children’s Home) sold their site in Lansdowne Crescent in 1969. About that time, most of the records were destroyed by a fire…
Orana Retarded Children’s Home, run by the Northern Branch of the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association, opened in Newnham in 1968. It accommodated country children with intellectual disabilities, aged between 6 and 16, so that they could attend special schools in Launceston. State wards with intellectual disabilities also lived at the Home. Orana closed around 1990….
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