Lochiel Park Boys’ Training Centre at Campbelltown opened in 1958. It was the first government institution to provide accommodation and training for boys with mild intellectual disabilities. Some children requiring longer term care were sent to Seaforth Home, and later the Strathmont Centre and Ru Rua Nursing Home. From the 1970s Lochiel Park also provided…
Children, Youth and Family Services was part of the new Department for Families and Communities. This Department was formed when the Department of Human Services was split into the Department of Health and the Department for Families and Communities in 2004. Children Youth and Family Services changed its name to Families SA in 2006.
The Department for Community Welfare was formerly known as the Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs. In 1990 it became the Department for Family and Community Services.
The Department for Family and Community Services was formerly known as the Department for Community Welfare. In 1998 it became Children, Youth and Family Services.
The Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs was formed in 1970 by the amalgamation of the Department of Social Welfare and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. In 1972 it became the Department for Community Welfare.
The Department of Social Welfare joined with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in 1970 to form the Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs.
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs replaced the Aborigines Department in1963. In 1970 it was replaced by the Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs.
The Destitute Board was responsible for a number of homes in South Australia. In 1886, under the provisions of the Destitute Person’s Act Amendment Act, responsibilities for children in state care, and the management of children’s Homes, were transferred to the newly-created State Children’s Council. The Board continued to exist and was responsible for the…
The Central Depot operated from 1900 as a government receiving home for State children. Situated on Victoria Place and then, in 1917, in Gawler Place, Adelaide, the Depot provided temporary shelter for children awaiting court appearance, transfer between institutions or foster care. From 1923 it was also a temporary detention Centre. Central Depot closed in…
The Aborigines Protection Board in South Australia was formed in 1940 as a result of the Aborigines Act Amendment Act 1934 – 1939. It replaced the office of the Chief Protector of Aborigines and the Advisory Council of Aborigines and took over the role of legal guardianship of all Aboriginal Children. In 1963, as result…
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