South Australian Government
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs replaced the Aborigines Department in1963. In 1970 it was replaced by the Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs.
1866 - 1912 Aborigines Office
1912 - 1962 Aborigines Department
1963 - 1970 Department of Aboriginal Affairs
1970 - 1972 Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs
1972 - 1990 Department for Community Welfare
1990 - 1998 Department for Family and Community Services
1998 - 2004 Family and Youth Services, Department of Human Services
2004 - 2006 Children, Youth and Family Services, Department for Families and Communities
2006 - 2011 Families SA, Department for Families and Communities
2011 - 2016 Families SA, Department for Education and Child Development
2011 - 2018 Department for Communities and Social Inclusion
2016 - Department for Child Protection
2018 - Department of Human Services
Sources used to compile this entry: George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005, http://nunku.org.au/resources/; Raynes, Cameron, A Little Flour and a Few Blankets: An Administrative History of Aboriginal Affairs in South Australia, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide, 2002, 162 pp.
Prepared by: Melissa Downing
Created: 10 February 2011, Last modified: 29 May 2015
Last updated: 7 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/sa/biogs/SE00070b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License