Tasdeaf formed in 1987 following a recommendation by the Arthur Young Review of Services that the Society for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb be split into two. In 2012, the organisation offers Auslan interpreting, courses in Auslan, support to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, deaf cultural awareness training, and advocacy. In 2016…
The Society for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb began in 1887. Its purpose was to provide welfare services, education, and industrial training to children and adults with visual or hearing disabilities. The Society opened the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution in 1898. In 1987, following the release of the Arthur Young Review of Services, the…
The Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution, run by the Society for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb, opened in North Hobart in 1898. It provided an education and industrial training to adults and children with hearing and sight disabilities. There was accommodation for the country children who attended the school on the site. The Institution closed…
The Public Service Appeal Board was established in 1958. It heard and determined appeals against decisions of the Public Service Commissioner relating to appointments, promotion, and disciplinary action. The Commissioner for Review replaced the Public Service Appeal Board in 1984. The Public Service Appeal Board was established by the Public Service Tribunal Act of 1958….
The Public Service Commissioner replaced the Public Service Board in 1918. The Commissioner was responsible for the organisation and staffing of government departments. In 1973, a Public Service Board replaced the Public Service Commissioner. Under the Public Service Act 1923, the Public Service Commissioner organised and staffed government departments, supervised the way they worked, and…
The Public Service Board was established in 1905 by the Public Service Act. It managed the employment of public servants. In 1918, the Public Service Board was replaced by a Public Service Commissioner. The Public Service Board had two independently appointed members and one, who held the position part time, elected by public servants. However,…
The Civil Service Board of Tasmania was established in 1900 by the Civil Service Act. Its establishment was the first Tasmanian attempt to provide a uniform system of administration. In 1905, the Public Service Board replaced it. The Civil Service Board was part time. Public Servants elected it. The Board included one member each from…
Risdon Prison, run by the government, opened in 1960. Although Risdon is an adult prison, it has always held small numbers of teenagers under the age of eighteen, some of them wards of the state. In 2013, it continues to hold some young people aged 16 or 17. Risdon Prison, which replaced the convict-built Campbell…
Wingfield House, run by the Board of the Royal Hobart Hospital, opened in 1938. It was on the grounds of St John’s Park. Wingfield provided residential and outpatient aftercare to children affected by the polio epidemic of 1937 to 1938. Later it offered services to children with a range of physical disabilities. It closed in…
The Society for the Care of Crippled Children was an autonomous branch of the Tasmanian Society for the Care of Crippled Children. It formed in December 1937 to provide services to people affected by the polio epidemic and living in the north of Tasmania. It raised enough funds to buy the premises for St Giles’…
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