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Adoption Agency
The term ‘adoption agency’ refers to any organisation involved in the adoption of babies and children, whether this was mandated by legislation or not. The adoption of children was, and is, controlled by state laws and the states of Australia introduced their first adoption acts at different times, beginning with Western Australia in 1907. Prior to the existence of legislation which legally recognised adoption, ‘de facto’, ‘private’ or ‘unofficial’ adoptions took place. These adoptions were organised by individuals (such as midwives, or solicitors), by organisations (such as religious or charitable agencies), as well as by government departments.
Anglicare Victoria (1997 - )
Arms of Jesus Babies' Home (1925 - 1935)
Beaconsfield Babies' Home (1915 - 1946)
Berry Street Babies' Home and Hospital (1964 - 1975)
Bethany Babies' Home (1868 - 1977)
Catholic Social Service Bureau (1935 - 1998)
CatholicCare (2011 - )
Centacare Catholic Family Services (1998 - 2011)
Child and Family Services Ballarat (1998 - )
Connections UnitingCare (2000 - )
Copelen Street Family Centre (1974 - 1991)
The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (1906 - 1964)
Hartnett House (c. 1955 - c. 1982)
Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
Melbourne City Mission Maternity Home (1900 - c. 1955)
Methodist Babies' Home (1929 - c. 1974)
Mission to the Streets and Lanes (1886 - 1997)
Presbyterian and Methodist Child Care Service (1971 - 1977?)
Presbyterian Babies' Home (1928 - 1977)
St Gabriel's Babies' Home (1935 - 1974)
St Joseph's Babies' Home (1975 - 1985)
St Joseph's Foundling Hospital (1901 - 1975)
St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )
Adoption Information Service
The term Adoption Information Service refers to a program established under state or territory adoption legislation to provide access to information to the parties involved in an adoption (i.e. the birth parent/s, the adoptee, the adoptive parents). The first Adoption Information Service in Australia came into being with the passage of the Adoption Act 1984 in Victoria.
Adoption and Family Records Service (c. 1984 - 2010), Department of Human Services
Adoption Information Service (1984 - ), Connections UnitingCare
Centacare Catholic Family Services (1998 - 2011)
Family Information, Networks and Discovery (2010 - ), Department of Human Services (DHS)
Advisory Council
The term ‘Advisory Council’ refers to a group established by legislation to act in an advisory capacity to government on a particular area of policy (such as child welfare).
Children's Welfare Advisory Council (1955 - )
Advocacy Body
Advocacy bodies are groups formed by people who share concerns around a particular issue, in this case child welfare, and who seek to raise the priority of their concerns on the public and or government agendas.
Broken Rites (1992 - )
Care Leavers Australia Network (2000 - )
Connecting Home (2010 - )
CREATE Foundation (1993 - )
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (1981 - )
Victorian Family Council (1958 - )
Anglican
A person or institution affiliated with the Anglican Church.
Andrew Kerr Memorial Home (c. 1921 - c. 1980)
Anglican Church of Australia (1788 - )
Anglican Diocese of Ballarat (1948 - )
Anglicare Victoria (1997 - )
Arms of Jesus Babies' Home (1925 - 1935)
Beryl Booth Court (1978 - 1991)
Blackburn South Cottages (1963 - 1988)
Brady House (1964 - 1978)
Broadmeadows Family Centre (1974 - 1997?)
Buckland House (c. 1980 - c. 1994)
Burton Hall Training Farm (1950? - 1967?)
Butler House for Homeless Girls (1934 - ?)
Church of England Boys' Society (1914 - )
Church of England Boys' Society Training Farm (1937? - c. 1950)
Church of England Homes for Children (1894 - c. 1968)
Community of the Holy Name (1888 - )
Darling Babies' Home (1927 - 1967)
Ellen Connell Holiday Home (1955 - 1973)
Fairhaven (1927 - 1951)
Fernhurst (1968 - ?)
George Hall Hostel for School Leavers (1973? - ?)
Gippsland Family Services (1979 - )
Heathfield Homes Reformatory School for Protestant Boys (c. 1905 - 1915)
The Homes for Children and Family Counselling Service (1968 - c. 1975)
The Horseshoe (1926 - 1927)
House of Mercy (c. 1892 - 1946)
Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
Mission of St James and St John (1919 - 1997)
Mission to the Streets and Lanes (1886 - 1997)
Moira Private Hospital (1924? - 1950?)
Molloy House (1968 - 1978?)
Napier House (1990? - 1997?)
Peninsula Family Services (1980 - )
Ramoth (1926 - 1927)
Ramoth Toddlers' Home (1927 - c. 1932)
Ramsay Mailer Hostel (1983 - )
School of Homecrafts Hostel (1935 - 1976)
Southbridge Adolescent Services
St Agnes' Girls' Home (1926 - 1963)
St Barnabas' Boys' Home (1934 - 1939)
St Cuthbert's Home for Boys (1948 - 1977)
St David's Hostel (c. 1973 - 1997?)
St Faith's (1975 - c. 1984)
St Gabriel's Babies' Home (1935 - 1974)
St John's Home for Boys and Girls (1958 - 1997)
St John's Homes for Boys (c. 1924 - 1958)
St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )
St Luke's Toddlers' Home (1932 - 1979)
St Martin's Home for Boys (1921 - c. 1926)
St Martin's Hostel for Boys (1944 - ?)
St Nicholas' Boys' Home (1926 - c. 1955)
St Paul's Discovery Centre (1979 - ?)
St Paul's Home For Boys (1955 - 1979)
St Paul's Training School (1928 - 1955)
Unit 64f (1975 - c. 1984)