Talire School opened in 1950. The Retarded Children’s Welfare Association ran it between 1952 and 1954 when the government took it over. It was a non-residential School which provided an education for day students with intellectual disabilities. Talire School closed during the 1980s. Talire School was possibly the first of its kind in Australia. It…
Veranto Lifestyle Assistance replaced Oakdale Services Tasmania in 2011. They run services for people living at home in the Hobart area. They also run Oakdale Lodge, a home for adults with disabilities. In 2015 Veranto Lifestyle Assistance merged with Liviende to become Liviende Verant. In 2016-17 the organisation was rebranded as Li-Ve. In 2023 Li-Ve…
Oakdale Services Tasmania replaced the Retarded Citizens Welfare Association in 1992.
The Retarded Citizens Welfare Association (RCWA) was originally the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association. When the children that the original Association had supported began to grow up, members realised that services would need to be developed for their adulthood. To meet these needs, they modified the objectives of the RCWA and changed its name. In 1992,…
The Retarded Children’s Welfare Association (RCWA) was established in Hobart in 1952 to raise funds for better premises for Talire, a volunteer run school for children with intellectual disabilities. The Association also aimed to set up more schools for children with intellectual disabilities and hostels to enable country children to attend them. The RCWA became…
The Lying-in Home for single mothers opened on the site of the former Female Factory at Cascades in 1888. The government ran it assisted by a voluntary women’s visiting committee. In 1895, the committee of the Home of Mercy briefly took over the management of the Lying-in Home. That same year, it moved to the…
The Female Factory at Cascades opened in 1827. It was run by the Convict Department. As a place of secondary punishment for convict women, it housed the babies that they gave birth to there. The Factory closed in 1853. The Female Factory opened in Lowes Distillery, which had been converted for that purpose. Many of…
The Contagious Diseases Act 1882 also known by the full title ‘An Act to Further Amend “The Contagious Diseases Act 1879″‘ (Act no. 46 Vict. No.41) was a minor amendment to the previous contagious diseases legislation. Contagious diseases was a ‘polite’ word for sexually transmitted diseases, especially syphilis.
The Contagious Diseases Act 1879 also known by its full title ‘An Act for the better Prevention of certain Contagious Diseases’ (Act No. 42 Vict. No.36) was the first in a series of Acts designed to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, especially syphilis. It gave the police powers to report cases of it in women to…
Tasmanian Archives, previously the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO), and the Archives Office of Tasmania, was created in 2011 following amalgamation with the Heritage Collections at the State Library of Tasmania. Tasmanian Archives operates under the Archives Act 1983. Its collection includes the records of all government departments and agencies involved in the welfare…
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