Please contact the Freedom of Information Team at the Department for Child Protection:
Phone: (08) 8226 4399
Postal address: Ground Floor, Building 2, 300 Richmond Road, Netley SA 5037
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 Agency ID, GRG27 & GRG29
These records are held by State Records of South Australia (1919 - current).
State Records of South Australia holds the minutes of council and committee meetings that were created and kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. These minutes include notes on discussion of individual cases, including notes on the conduct and education of State wards, allegations of neglect of State wards, transfers of children, absconding, petitions from parents to have their children released from State control, approvals for foster parents, and a small number of references to adoption cases.
Access to these records is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy. Many of these records are still restricted, while others are open and can be viewed by any member of the public. Some records that discuss adoption cases are restricted in perpetuity. People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. To request access to restricted records please contact the Department for Child Protection Freedom of Information team. To arrange access to open records please contact State Records of South Australia. Some open access records have been digitised and are available online via the links below.
Minutes of the Boarding-Out Society, 1879-1884 (GRG27/33)
Minutes – State Children’s Council, later the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Board, 1886-1965 (GRG29/124)
Minutes – Boarding-Out Committee, State Children’s Council, 1895-1900 (GRG29/171)
Minutes – Gentlemen’s Committee, State Children’s Council, 1903-1911 (GRG29/170)
Minutes – Ladies’ Committee, State Children’s Council, 1911-1916 (GRRG29/169)
Minutes of a group discussion, 1967-1968 (GRG29/133)
Likely relates to the Boys’ Training School, Magill