Turana, Baltara Reception Centre, Langi Kal Kal and Malmsbury Youth Training Centres, Melbourne Youth Justice Centre
Child Information and Departmental Administration records is an archival collection held by the Department of Health and Human Services. It contains records from the following Victorian institutions: Turana, Baltara Reception Centre, Langi Kal Kal and Malmsbury Youth Training Centres, Melbourne Youth Justice Centre.
Conditional Access - Care leavers (and their families) wanting to find information about their time in care, or access personal files can contact the Care Leaver Records Service.
There are a number of different series within the Child Information and Departmental Administration records collection. See the Finding Records website for more detailed information.
Note: Before the 1980s there appeared to be a policy that when a child went from Turana or Baltara to a privately run Home (e.g. St Vincent's or St Augustine's), their Baltara file was transferred to the new agency. When boys were transferred from Baltara and Turana to a government-run boys' Home, their reception and classification files from Baltara or Turana were transferred with them to the new institution. These Turana or Baltara files were incorporated into the filing system at the new Homes including Ashendene and Hillside.
The Child information records in this collection include:
The administration records in this collection include:
The Finding Records website pages relating to Turana, Baltara Reception Centre, Langi Kal Kal and Malmsbury Youth Training Centres and Melbourne Youth Justice Centre have detailed Collection Guides with more information about these records.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Baltara Reception Centre (1968-92)', in Finding Records, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Victoria, https://www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/collectionresultspage/BaltaraReceptionCentre; 'Boys and Girls Receiving Depot Royal Park', in Finding Records, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Victoria, https://www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/collectionresultspage/BoysGirlsReceivingDepotRoyalPark; 'Turana (1955-93)', in Finding Records, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Victoria, https://www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/collectionresultspage/Turana.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 28 February 2018, Last modified: 2 March 2018