The Department of Education (formerly known as the Department of Public Instruction) was established in 1915. It was responsible for the welfare of all children held in reformatories, industrial schools, training institutions and training vessels. After 1916, children who truanted from school could be detained in such institutions, and truancy schools were created for that…
The Department of School Education ran Schools for Special Purposes. Its links with the child welfare system are via the referral of children for truancy, behavioural disorders and, increasingly, welfare matters. On 3 December 1997 the Department of School Education became the Department of Education and Training.
From 1848 education was placed under the control of two boards: the Board of National Education and the Denominational School Board. These two boards functioned concurrently until 1866 when the Public Schools Act replaced them with the Council of Education.
The Council of Education replaced the Board of National Education and the Denominational School Board on 1 January 1867 following the Public Schools Act, 1866. The Public Instruction Act, 1880, repealed the Public Schools Act and dissolved the Council of Education on 30 April 1880 to be replaced by the Department of Public Instruction.
The Department of Justice and Public Instruction oversaw industrial schools and reformatory schools, in addition to ordinary public schools. It was replaced by the Department of Public Instruction in 1881. During the early years of the settlement of the Colony of New South Wales, the Governors provided support to schools. By the 1820s the Churches…
The Department of Education and Training is responsible for public primary, secondary and post-school technical education in New South Wales. In 2011 it became the Department of Education and Communities.
From 1848 education was placed under the control of two boards: the Board of National Education and the Denominational School Board. These two boards functioned concurrently until 1866 when the Public Schools Act replaced them with the Council of Education.
Museums of History (formerly the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales) was established in 1961 by the Archives Act, No 46 of 1960 and is responsible for collecting, managing and preserving New South Wales Government records. In 1999 the State Records Act 1998 came into effect, replacing the Archives Act 1960. Prior…
The Department of Community Services was a New South Wales government department that was created in 1992 to manage child welfare and other social services. It had formerly been the Department of Health and Community Services. It was responsible for a number of institutions and establishments throughout New South Wales. In addition, the Department cared…
The Department of Health and Community Services was the name given to the Department of Community Services in 2009. The Department of Human Services was a multi-agency department that included the Department of Community Services and the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care. In 2011 the name of this Department was changed to the…
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