The Children’s Court was first established in the Northern Territory in 1958 with the passage of the Child Welfare Ordinance 1958. Prior to this, the State Children Act 1895 (and all South Australian legislation) also applied to the Northern Territory. This legislation governed the operation of the Children’s Court in the NT until 1983. The…
The Northern Territory Library was established in 1980 to collect, preserve and provide access to historic and contemporary materials relating to the Northern Territory. In 2019 the Northern Territory Library merged with the Northern Territory Archives Service to become Library & Archives NT.
Kormilda College is a collection held by the Northern Territory Library. It comprises 291 items relating to the history of Kormilda College (1967-2017), and to the site of the College, dating back to 1950 (when the site was used by QANTAS as an accommodation centre for crew and passengers). The collection came from items in…
Territory Families was established on 12 September 2016 and is responsible for the welfare of children and families, including youth justice. In 2020, it became part of the Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities.
Phillip Creek Native Settlement Daily Journal is an archival item held by the National Archives of Australia. Access Conditions This item has been digitised and is available for viewing via the National Archives of Australia website.
Alice Springs Bungalow Central Australia File No 1 is a file at the National Archives of Australia which contains information about The Bungalow in Alice Springs. It contains records including reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings and plans. Access Conditions Open Records A digitised version of this file is available online through the National Archives of Australia…
Correspondence files, annual single number series [Main correspondence files series of the agency] is a series held by the National Archives of Australia. It contains correspondence created and received by the Department of the Interior, the Department of Home Affairs, the Department of Home and Territories, and the Department of External Affairs. This series contains…
The Heavitree Gap Gaol was Central Australia’s first prison. It opened in a small wooden police hut at Heavitree Gap near Alice Springs in 1904. Two teenage boys were among the first prisoners to be committed to the Gaol. The Gaol closed in 1909 and was replaced by the purpose-built Stuart Town Gaol. The Heavitree…
The National Archives of Australia – Darwin office is co-located with the Northern Territory Archives Service. It has a collection of records related to the 170 years of the Territory’s history, from the Commonwealth Government, the Northern Territory Government, Community and Personal archives, and the Northern Territory Oral History collection. The collection includes records related…
The file Registration of births after lapse of nine months [Croker Island, Garden Point, Retta Dixon Home and other areas] 1954-1955, contains letters regarding the birthdates of Aboriginal children, considered at the time to be ‘half-caste’, whose birth was not registered within the 9 month registration period. Although the registration forms are no longer attached…
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