State of Western Australia
The Department for Community Development was formed on 1 July 2001 as the key government organisation responsible for child welfare in Western Australia. It was the second version of a department with that name, with the earlier department operating from 1992 to 1995. The Department for Community Development ceased on 30 June 2007 and was followed by the Department for Communities and the Department for Child Protection which were established on 1 July 2007.
The State Records Office website provides an overview of the Department:
The Department for Community Development was formed on 1 July 2001 to integrate the Department of Family and Children's Services, the Family and Children's Policy Office, the Office of Senior's Interests, the Women's Policy Office and the Office of Youth Affairs.
On 1 March 2006, the Children and Community Services Act took effect. This legislation repealed previous Acts under which the Department [for] Community Development operated.
1887 - 1890 Aborigines Protection Board
1890 - 1898 Aborigines Protection Board
1898 - 1908 Aborigines Department
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1874 - 1908 Superintendent of Poor Relief and Inspector of Charitable Institutions
1920 - 1926 Department of the North West
1920 - 1964 Fisheries Department
1898 - 1936 Chief Protector of Aborigines
1908 - 1917 Public Charities and State Children Department
1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
1917 - 1927 State Children Department
1936 - 1954 Commissioner for Native Affairs
1936 - 1954 Department of Native Affairs
1927 - 1972 Child Welfare Department
1954 - 1972 Commissioner of Native Welfare
1955 - 1972 Department of Native Welfare
1972 - 1985 Department for Community Welfare
1985 - 1992 Department for Community Services
1992 - 1995 Department for Community Development
1995 - 2001 Department for Family and Children's Services
2001 - 2007 Department for Community Development
2007 - 2013 Department for Communities
2007 - 2013 Department for Child Protection
2013 - 2017 Department of Local Government and Communities
2013 - 2017 Department for Child Protection and Family Support
2017 - Department of Communities
2017 - Department of Communities
2017 - Child Protection and Family Support
2017 - Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Sources used to compile this entry: 'AU WA A1213 - Department for Community Development', in State Records Office of Western Australia - Organisations & People, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2015, https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/department-for-community-development-2-au-wa-a1213.
Prepared by: Leanne Howard and Debra Rosser
Created: 6 June 2011, Last modified: 18 November 2015
Last updated: 17 October 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/WE00367b.htm
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