Casablanca Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Casablanca Receiving Home in about 1981. It was in Launceston. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. It closed in about 2011. A married woman managed Casablanca Family…
Yalambee Hostel opened in Glenorchy in 1958. At first, the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association ran it with the Retarded Citizens’ Welfare Association taking over in 1982. Oakdale Services Tasmania replaced them in 1992. The original purpose of the Hostel was to accommodate country children with intellectual disabilities so that they could attend a special school…
The Children of the State Branch replaced the Children of the State Department which, under the Infants Welfare Act 1935, had been absorbed into the Social Services Department. The Branch oversaw all the work associated with children’s welfare. In about 1953, it became the Child Welfare Division. The Branch administered the Infants Welfare Act. Its…
The Child Welfare Division of the Social Services Department, and the Social Welfare Department that succeeded it, managed all aspects of child welfare work, including foster care and the government-run homes. In 1970, the Child Welfare Division had a Head Office in Hobart and three District Offices in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie. Following de-centralisation of…
The Child Welfare Advisory Council began meeting in 1965. It provided advice to the Minister about issues related to children who were state wards or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. The Council was abolished in about 1998. The Child Welfare Advisory Council was established under section 5 of…
Malmesbury Girls’ Home, run by the government, opened in 1950. Initially it provided cottage accommodation for wards of state. In 1960, the Social Services Department began using it for girls considered to need close supervision because of behavioural problems. Malmesbury became a receiving home in 1962. Malmesbury Girls’ Home took up to 12 children. When…
Omaru Hostel opened in Launceston in 1968. It provided accommodation for about three older boys who had started paid work. The Hostel closed in the mid 1970s. Omaru Hostel was in the same building as the former Omaru Receiving Home. A married couple ran Omaru Hostel in exchange for free accommodation. The boys paid them…
Devonfield Hostel, run by the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association, opened in Devonport in 1965. It was a combined Hostel and school for children with intellectual disabilities. In 2013, Devonfield continues to provide training but is no longer residential. The Social Welfare Department placed wards of state with intellectual disabilities at Devonfield. Margaret Reynolds, the former…
Hillcrest Children’s Home, run by the Christian Brethren, opened in West Hobart in 1966. It was an approved children’s Home that took wards of state and children under the Residential Domestic Assistance Scheme. It closed in 1984. The Chief Secretary, Brian Miller, officially opened Hillcrest Children’s Home on 1 April 1967 before a crowd of…
The Residential Child Care Association of Tasmania was formed for the Managers of approved children’s homes. Section 10 of the 1960 Child Welfare Act provided for the approval of children’s Homes run by voluntary organisations.
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