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 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

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