The State Children’s Department took over responsibility for State children from the Destitute Poor Department in 1886 as a result of the passing of the Destitute Persons Act Amendment Act 1886. This Act created the term ‘State Child’ and separated responsibility for the care of State children from that of adults who continued to be…
The Destitute Poor Department was responsible for providing relief and care for destitute persons, including children, throughout South Australia, under the direction of the Destitute Board. As a result of the passing of the Destitute Persons Act Amendment Act in 1886 responsibility for state children was passed from the Destitute Poor Department to the new…
The Destitute Persons’ Department was the new name given to the Destitute Poor Department in 1910. It continued to provide relief and care for destitute adults until it was replaced by the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department in 1927.
The Aboriginal Family Support Services Inc. (AFSS) was established in 1978 as the SA Aboriginal Child Care Agency Forum Inc. (ACCA) in order to have an Aboriginal organisation involved in matters relating to child welfare. It was renamed Aboriginal Family Support Services in 1998.
The Aboriginal Child Care Agency was established in South Australia in 1978. It was established as an Aboriginal community controlled organisation to recruit Aboriginal foster parents to take in Aboriginal children. Prior to 1978 many Aboriginal children were removed from their families and placed in institutions or with non-Aboriginal families. The Agency worked to place…
The Boarding Out Society took on the voluntary role of visiting and inspecting boarded out children in South Australia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It was officially formed in 1872 by Emily Clark and Catherine Helen Spence who had campaigned for boarding out since the 1860s. They believed that ‘unfortunate’ children would…
The Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs was formed in 1972. As a result of the creation of this department, the Federal Government took over responsibility for all issues related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. Policy and planning functions which had previously been the responsibility of the States were transferred to the…
Methodist Children’s Homes was the new name given to the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission run Methodist Children’s Home in 1924. Between 1924 and 1957 it included Greenslade Home for girls, Roberts Home for younger boys and Cann Home for older boys. Minnie Maughan Cottage was built in 1955 and in 1957 Curtice Cottage was openeed…
Greenslade Home was the first residence to open on the Magill site of the Methodist Children’s Home in 1912. It housed up to 30 children. In 1921 when the Methodist Children’s Home opened Roberts Home, Greenslade housed girls and younger boys. When Cann Home was opened in 1924, Greenslade became a residence for girls only….
The Methodist Children’s Home opened in 1905 at Largs Bay. Run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, it initially provided accommodation for 10 to 12 children. In 1911 the Home moved to site at Magill and Greenslade Home was built and opened in 1912. In 1921 a second building, Roberts Home, opened to provide accommodation…
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