Timeline of significant Events and Legislation in the History of Child Welfare in South Australia
- 1840s
- 1850s
- 1860s
- 1870s
- 1880s
- 1890s
- 1900s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
1840s
- An Ordinance for the Protection, Maintenance and Upbringing of Orphans and other Destitute Children and Aborigines Act 1844, Colony of South Australia
- Act 8 of 1848, Colony of South Australia
1860s
- Select Committee of the Legislative Council upon the Aborigines; report together with minutes of evidence and appendix, Colony of South Australia (1860)
- Destitute Asylum Act 1863, Colony of South Australia
- Destitute Persons Relief Act 1866, Colony of South Australia
- Report of Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire into the management of the Northern Territory Expedition, Colony of South Australia (1866)
1880s
- Destitute Persons Act 1881, Colony of South Australia
- Way Commission, Provence of South Australia (1883 - 1885)
1890s
- State Children's Act 1895, Colony of South Australia
- Children's Protection Act 1899, Colony of South Australia
1910s
- Aborigines Act 1911, State of South Australia
- Royal Commission on the Aborigines, State of South Australia (1913 - 1916)
1920s
- Aborigines (Training of Children) Act 1923, State of South Australia
- Adoption of Children Act 1925, State of South Australia
- Maintenance Act 1926, State of South Australia
1930s
- Aborigines Act 1934, State of South Australia
- Children's Protection Act 1936, State of South Australia
- Inquiry into Delinquent and other children in the care of the State, State of South Australia (1938 - 1939)
- Aborigines Act Amendment Act 1939, State of South Australia
1950s
- Maintenance Act Amendment Act, State of South Australia (1958)
- Royal Commission in regard to Rupert Max Stuart, State of South Australia (1959)
1960s
- Aboriginal Affairs Act 1962, State of South Australia
- Social Welfare Act 1926 - 1965, State of South Australia (1965 - 1972)
- Juvenile Courts Act 1965/6, State of South Australia
- Adoption of Children Act 1966/7, State of South Australia
1970s
- Social Welfare Act 1926 - 1965, State of South Australia (1965 - 1972)
- Juvenile Courts Act 1971, State of South Australia
- Community Welfare Act 1972, State of South Australia
- Children's Protection and Young Offenders Act 1979, State of South Australia
1980s
1990s
- Young Offenders Act 1993, State of South Australia
- Youth Court Act 1993, State of South Australia
- Children's Protection Act 1993, State of South Australia
2000s
2010s
Last updated: 1 May 2013
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