Please contact the Freedom of Information Team at the Department for Child Protection:
Phone: (08) 8226 4399
Postal address: GPO Box 1072, Adelaide SA 5001
Email: DCP.FOI@sa.gov.au
Website, Out-of-Home Care information: https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/research-and-publications/freedom-information/provision-information-care-leavers
Website, Adoptions information: https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/support-and-guidance/adoption-processes/applying-for-adoption-information
Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Series ID, GRS/914
These records are part of Records of the Social Welfare Department and predecessors (1849 - c. 1987).
The Adoption Files are files containing personal information about adopted children and their adoptive parents. State Records of South Australia hold a very large quantity of adoption files, however there is very little information about the typical contents of the files available through their catalogue.
Access to these records is permanently restricted to protect personal privacy. People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. To request access to these records please contact the Department for Child Protection Freedom of Information Team.