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Western Australia - Organisation
Department for Community Welfare (1972 - 1985)
State of Western Australia
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Department for Community Welfare, Logo, 1976, courtesy of Department for Child Protection and Family Support, Department for Community Welfare, Western Australia , Annual Report 1976.
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- 1972
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- 1985
- Categories
- Government Department, Care Provider, Adoption Agency
- Location
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The Department for Community Welfare was established in 1972, and was the key government organisation responsible for child welfare in Western Australia. It took over the Child Welfare Department and the responslbilities to Aboriginal children held by the Department of Native Welfare and Commissioner of Native Welfare. The Department for Community Welfare was replaced by the Department of Community Services in 1985.
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Under the Child Welfare Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1972 the functions of the Child Welfare Department were transferred to the Department of Community Welfare.
In the same year, the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act of 1972 repealed the Native Welfare Act 1963 and the remaining functions of the Department of Native Welfare, including the responsibilites to Aboriginal children held by the Commissioner of Native Welfare, were transferred to the Department of Community Welfare from 1 July 1972.
The functions of the Department for Community Welfare, as defined by the Community Welfare Act 1972 included: promoting individual and family welfare in the community; to conduct, promote and encourage programmes of training or rehabilitation; and, to provide assistance when the welfare of any individual, family or group is threatened or in jeopardy.
The Department for Community Welfare was abolished and its name changed to the Department for Community Services on 1 January 1985.
Timeline
- 1927 - 1972
- Child Welfare Department, State of Western Australia
- 1954 - 1972
- Commissioner of Native Welfare
- 1955 - 1972
- Department of Native Welfare, State of Western Australia
- 1972 - 1985
- Department for Community Welfare
- 1985 - 1992
- Department for Community Services, State of Western Australia
- Series Title
- Files - Community Welfare ("A" Series), State Records Office of Western Australia (1908 - 1990)
- Date Range
- 1908 - 1990
- Reference
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Series 1099
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
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- Item Title
- Administration - DCW Instruction Manual [Department for Community Welfare], State Records Office of Western Australia (1972)
- Date Range
- 1972 - 1972
- Reference
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AU WA S1099- cons2608 A1990
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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Please contact the Search Room, State Records Office of Western Australia:
Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street West Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3600
Fax: (08) 9427 3638
Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
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- Item Title
- Keith Maine interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (1999)
- Date Range
- 1999 - 1999
- Reference
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1349605
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
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- Series Title
- Client Files, Child Protection and Family Support [and its predecessors] (1921 - )
- Date Range
- 1921 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Records of the Department of Child Protection and Family Support, and predecessors (1894 - )
- Date Range
- 1894 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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- Series Title
- Files (Aboriginal matters) - Chief Secretary's Department (1916 - 1927)
- Date Range
- 1916 - 1927
- Reference
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S2031
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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Please contact the Search Room, State Records Office of Western Australia:
Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street West Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3600
Fax: (08) 9427 3638
Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Family Information Research System (1921 - )
- Date Range
- 1921 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Hillcrest Records (1912 - 1974)
- Date Range
- 1912 - 1974
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact Adoption Services:
Street Address: 5 Newman Court, Fremantle, WA 6160
Postal Address: Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle, WA 6959
Phone: 1800 182 178
Email: adoptions@communities.wa.gov.au
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Department for Community Welfare, Logo
Adoption of Children Amendment Act 1976