Archival Collection Administrative Records

Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services

Summary

[Taken from the Queensland guide, Missing Pieces (2001) pp. 9-10]

This series of files provides information about the administration of the institution including its financial and human resources, buildings and equipment. In a number of cases, documents naming some children at the institution are included on the file. These are generally lists of children attending a particular school, or requiring clothing or dental care. The information relating to individual children on these files is rarely of a particularly personal nature.

Location
These files are managed by Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, Child Safety and Disability Services

Access
Although the files are confidential and access is therefore restricted, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, Child Safety and Disability Services supports the rights of former residents to obtain information about themselves.
The Department is aware that former residents often want the records of their family member and/or other people. This information is often sensitive and personal in nature. To safeguard the rights of privacy, clients are unable to obtain information about other people, including other family members, without the authority of the person/people concerned.
This protects the right to privacy of all individuals, as personal information on other people will be given out only with their permission.

Contact
Former residents wishing to access records about their time in care can contact the Right to Information Unit, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, Child Safety and Disability Services.

The Right to Information Unit can be contacted as follows:

Right to Information Unit
Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, Child Safety and Disability Services
GPO Box 806
BRISBANE QLD 4001
Phone: 13 QGOV (13 7468)
Email: rti@communities.qld.gov.au