The Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety was created following a state election in November 2024. The Department holds records relevant to people who grew up in State institutions or as wards of the State and operates the Time in Care Information Access Service (TICIAS) through Right to Information. The TICIAS enables…
The Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services was created in May 2023 when the function of youth justice was moved out of the former Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs. The Department had responsibility for providing access to historical child welfare records as well as overseeing current child safety issues. Following…
Please contact Legal Services, Department for Education, Children and Young People: Postal Address: GPO Box 169, Hobart, TAS 7000 Phone: (03) 6165 6187 Email: RTI.PIP@decyp.tas.gov.au Website: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/about-us/policies-legislation-data/legislation/personal-information/
Please contact the Freedom of Information team, Community Services Directorate: Postal Address: GPO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6205 3296 Email: csd.foi@act.gov.au Website: https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/about_us/freedom_of_information
The contents of this collection are dated 1965 to 1987. Although Birralee closed as a children’s shelter in 1968, the file contains records associated with the administration of the property post the closure. Birralee as a children’s shelter was jointly administered by the then Department of Interior and the New South Wales Welfare Office in…
This is a photograph of 400 Fullarton Road, Myrtle Bank, which was previously known as Fullarton Cottage. It shows the front of a large 1920s brick house with multiple chimneys, a front porch, and leadlight windows. This photograph was taken by Walter & Irvine real estate agents in preparation for the sale of the property.
This is an image of the first Family Group Home opened by Kildonan Homes for Children at their main site, 80 Elgar Road Burwood. It shows a small weatherboard cottage with a tin roof surrounded by lawn and small trees. This photograph was published in Kildonan’s annual report for either 1958 or 1959.
This is an image of the former site of the Molloy House hostel when it was located in Brunswick East.
As part of the UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which ran from 2015-2022, the Inquiry investigated child migration programs to Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. Research and hearings took place in 2017, and the Investigation Report was published in March 2018. The Inquiry asked a series of questions about child migration schemes,…
The government-run Reformatory for Girls was located at Sunbury from 1865 to 1875. It was located on the same site as the Sunbury Industrial School, about half a mile away. In 1875, girls were relocated from Sunbury to a new reformatory, located at Coburg. The institution was sometimes referred to as the Reformatory for Protestant…
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