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Organisation Department for Community Services (1985 - 1992)
State of Western Australia
- From
- 1 January 1985
- To
- 1 October 1992
- Categories
- Care Provider and Government Department
Summary
The Western Australian Department for Community Services existed between 1985 and 1992. The Department for Community Services was a preceding agency to the Department for Communities and the Department for Child Protection and Family Support which were established in 2007 in response to the Ford Review.
Details
Events
- 1985 - 1992
- Department for Community Services was located in Western Australia
Related Entries
Timeline
1886 - 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
1908 - 1917 Public Charities and State Children Department
1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
1917 - 1927 State Children Department
1936 - 1954 Department of Native Affairs
1927 - 1972 Child Welfare Department
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 - Department for Communities
2007 - Department for Child Protection and Family Support
Provided 'care' at
Publications
Reports
- Department for Community Services, Annual Report of the Department for Community Services for the Year Ended 30 June 1989. Report on activities from the Department to the Parliament of Western Australia, produced annually. Details
- Western Australia. Department for Community Services, Annual Report: Department for Community Services, Western Australia, Dept. for Community Services, W.A., [Perth], 1985-1992. Details
Statutes
- Adoption of Children Amendment Act 1985, State Law Publisher of Western Australia, 13 December 1985. Also available at http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_4081_homepage.html. Details
Online Resources
- 'Western Australian Government Gazette No.127', in Western Australian Government Gazette Online Archive, State Law Publisher of Western Australia, 24 October 1986, http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/gazette/gazette.nsf/gazlist/E54C162F914237EEC825734C003D3224/$file/gg127.pdf. Details
- Department for Community Services, State of Western Australia (1985-1992) Agency Detail (State Records Office), Archive Collection of Western Australia, with State Records Office of Western Australia, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2012, http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/Agency_Detail.asp?Id=40. Details
- Department for Community Development, State of Western Australia, 'Submission No. 55 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
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Prepared by: Leanne Howard
Created: 6 June 2011, Last modified: 13 January 2012
