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Peak Body: Peak Bodies are organisations, often formed out of grass roots activism or interest in a particular issue, which act as a representative voice for the people and or groups who are their members.; Alliance for Forgotten Australians (2006 - ); Residential Child Care Association of Tasmania (c. 1970 - c. 1989); Tasmanian Aboriginal Child Care Association (1983 - )

Policy: The term Policy refers to a guiding principle adopted by a group, sector or government with respect to a particular issue.; Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (1984 - ); Emergency Care (c. 1976 - ); Preventive Payment Scheme (1976 - 1980)

Principal Act: A Principal Act is the original piece of legislation enacted to introduce a particular policy. A Principal Act can be amended (changed) by Amending Acts.; An Act For Registering Births, Deaths And Marriages In The Island Of Van Diemen's Land And Its Dependencies 1838 (1838 - 1890); Adoption of Children Act 1920 (1920 - 1968); Adoption of Children Act 1968 (1968 - 1988); Adoption of Children Act 1988 (1988 - ); Apprentices and Servants 1837 (1837 - 1958); Apprentices and Servants 1840 (1840 - 1852); Apprenticing of the Children of the Queen's Orphan Schools 1838 (1838 - 1861); Archives Act 1983 (1983 - ); The Cape Barren Island Reserve Act 1912 (1912 - 1945); The Cape Barren Island Reserve Act 1945 (1945 - 1951); Child Protection Act 1974 (1974 - 1998); Child Welfare Act 1960 (1960 - 2003); The Children of the State Act 1918 (1918 - 1936); Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 (2000 - ); Civil Service Act (1900 - 1905); Contagious Diseases Act 1879 (1879 - 1935); Criminal Code Act 1924 (1924 - 1934); Destitute Children Act 1875 (1875 - 1896); Disability Services Act (2011 - ); Domestic Assistance Service Act (1947 - 1998); Education Act (1905 - 1932); Education Act (1932 - 1942); Education Act 1885 (TAS) (1885 - 1905); Guardianship and Administration Act 1995 (1995 - ); Guardianship and Custody of Infants Act 1934 (1934 - ); Handicapped Persons Assistance Act 1970 (1970 - 1992?); Industrial Schools Act 1863 (1863 - 1867); Industrial Schools Act 1867 (1867 - 1896); Infant Life Protection Act 1907 (1907 - 1920); The Infants' Custody Act 1874 (1874 - 1934); The Infants' Relief Act 1875 (1875 - 1988); Infants' Welfare Act 1935 (1935 - 1961); Juvenile Offenders Act 1875 (1875 - 1918); The Maintenance Act 1919 (1920 - 1922); The Maintenance Act 1921 (1922 - 1968); The Maintenance Act 1967 (1967 - ); Maintenance by Relatives of Indigent Persons in Public charitable Institutions 1862 (1862 - 1873); Maintenance of Deserted Wives and Children 1837 (1837 - 1863); Maintenance of Deserted Wives and Children 1863 (1863 - 1873); Maintenance of Deserted Wives and Children 1873 (1873 - 1920); Marriage Act 1895 (1896 - 1943); Marriage Amendment Act 1859 (1859 - 1896); The Master and Servant Act 1854 (1854 - 1856); The Master and Servant Act 1856 (1856 - 1986); Mental Deficiency Act (1920 - 1963); Mental Health Act 1963 (1963 - 1999); Mental Health Act 1996 (1996 - 2014); Mental Health Act 2013 (2014 - ); Mental Hospitals Act 1858 (1858 - 1963); Midwifery Nurses Act 1901 (1901 - 1906?); New Town Mothercraft Home Agreement Act 1949 (1949 - 1998); Personal Information Protection Act 2004 (2004 - ); Prevention of Cruelty to and Better Protection of Children Act 1895 (1895 - 1936); Public Charities Act 1873 (1873 - 1935); The Public Health Act 1885 (1885 - 1904); The Public Health Act 1903 (1904 - 1935); Public Schools Act 1868 (1868 - 1873); Public Service Act 1918 (1918 - 1923); Public Service Act 1923 (1923 - 1958); Public Service Act 1973 (1974 - 1984?); Public Service Tribunal Act 1958 (1958 - 1984?); Public Welfare Institutions Act 1935 (1935 - 1991); Queen's Asylum Act 1861 (1861 - 1934); Right to Information Act 2009 (2009 - ); Servants and Apprentices' Act 1852 (1852 - 1854); Status of Children Act 1974 (1974 - ); Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children Tasmania Act 2006 (2006 - ); Tasmanian State Service Act 1984 (1984 - ); The Training Schools Act 1867 (1867 - 1896); Youthful Offenders, Destitute and Neglected Children's Act 1896 (1896 - 1918)

Prison: Prison refers to a place for the detention of adults in secure custody, either on remand or after sentencing by a court. Adult prisons continue to be places of detention for some young people in Australia, despite the existence of specific youth and juvenile justice facilities.; Launceston Gaol (1827 - 1917); Launceston Police Watch House (1917 - 1976); Launceston Reception Prison (1976 - ); Risdon Prison (1960 - )

Protestant: The term Protestant describes a person or organisation affiliated with any one of the Protestant Churches. With child welfare, services were often clustered under the umbrella terms of Protestant and Catholic.; Anchorage Home (1889 - 1920); Barrington Boys' Home (1946 - 1981); Bethany Boys' Home (1947 - 1978); Christian Brethren (1869 - ); Churches of Christ (1865 - ); Clarendon Children's Home (1922 - 2004); Glendel Children's Home (1970? - c. 1992); Havenview Children's Home (1970? - 1989?); Hillcrest Children's Home (1966 - 1984); Hobart Benevolent Society (1859 - ); Hobart City Mission (1852 - ); Home of Mercy (1890 - c. 1953); Hope Cottage (1887 - 1896); Launceston City Mission (1854 - ); Maylands Salvation Army Home for Girls (1945 - 1981); Roland Boys' Home (1951 - c. 1993); The Salvation Army (Australian Southern Territory) (1883 - ); St Michael's Priory (1969 - 1977)

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