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Event
The term event is used to describe an occurrence of some significance within the history of child welfare.
Apology by the General of the Salvation Army General Shaw Clifton, to care leavers of Salvation Army homes (2010 - )
Australian Parliament Apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants (16 November 2009)
Australian Parliament Apology to the Stolen Generations (13 February 2008)
Care of Children Committee (1946)
Child Welfare Practice and Legislation Review (c. 1982 - 1984)
Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry (2004 - 2008), State of South Australia
Commission of inquiry into abuse of children in Queensland institutions (1998 - 1999)
Committee of Enquiry into Child Care Services (1975 - 1976)
Committee of inquiry into allegations of neglect and maltreatment of young children (1966 - 1969), State of Victoria
Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices (2011 - 2012)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959)
The Gold Rushes in Victoria (1851 - c. 1869)
Inquiry Into Child Migration (2000 - 2001)
Inquiry into Children in Institutional and Other Forms of Care (1982 - 1985)
Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care (2003 - 2004)
Inquiry into the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Reports (2008 - 2009)
International Year of the Child (1979)
Introduction of the annual review of wardship (1983)
McLean Inquiry into the Aborigines Act (1955 - 1957)
Medical experiments (c. 1945 - c. 1970)
National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families (1995 - 1997)
Ombudsman's investigation into the storage and management of ward records by the Department of Human Services (2011 - 2012), State of Victoria
Ombudsman's Review of Abuse while in State Care (2003 - 2006), State of Tasmania
Opening of Victoria's first children's institution (1850)
Parliamentary Apology for Past Adoption Practices (25 October 2012), Parliament of Victoria
Post-War Child Migration to Victoria (1949 - c. 1967)
Protecting Victoria's Vulnerable Children Inquiry (2011 - 2012)
Review of Government Compensation Payments (2010)
Royal Commission
Royal Commission into Charitable Institutions (1870)
Royal Commission into Charitable Institutions (1890 - 1895)
Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse (2012 -), Commonwealth Government
Royal Commission on Penal and Prison Discipline (1871 - 1872)
Select Committee of Inquiry upon Penal Discipline (1856 - 1857)
Victorian Government Apology to Forgotten Australians (9 August 2006)
Victorian Government Apology to the Stolen Generations (17 September 1997)
Wattle Day Appeal (c. 1910 - c. 1975)