• Archival Series

Minutes - State Children's Council, later the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board

To access these records

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

Reference Number

Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Series ID, GRG29/124

Details

‘Minutes – State Children’s Council, later the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Board’ is a series of 20 large volumes of handwritten and then typed minutes of meetings of the State Children’s Council. Contents – Minutes include discussions of the establishment of children’s homes and arrangements made between the Board and the homes. Information about state wards admitted to or transferred between homes is often given including names and some details. There are some references to adoptions.

Access Conditions

 

Access to these records is restricted for 100 years in order 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.

 

  • From

    1886

  • To

    1965

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