Please contact the Kimberley Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation: Postal address: 28 Barker Street, Broome, Western Australia, 6725 Phone: 1800 830 338 (freecall) Email: reception@ksgac.com.au Website: https://www.kimberleystolengeneration.com.au/contact/
Kimberley Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation Collection is composed of client files, mainly created through their Link Up Service, dating from 2001. In some cases, client files contain copies of historical archival material which were collected as part of family history research for members of the Stolen Generations and their descendants. Access Conditions Access to these…
The Kimberley Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation was incorporated in 2001 in Broome, Western Australia. The corporation has carried out activities and projects that acknowledge the experiences of members of the Stolen Generations and help them come to terms with it. The KSGAC Link Up Service also helps Aboriginal people of the Stolen Generations to search…
The Case Review Board was formed in 1988 to provide an avenue of redress to parents and relevant third parties who believed decisions made by the department responsible for child protection in Western Australia were not in the best interests of the child. The Board was set up as an advisory committee, making recommendations to…
The Case Review Panel was established on 1 March 2006 under the Children and Community Services Act 2004 to independently review departmental decisions about children in the care of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the department responsible for child protection in Western Australia. It replaced the Case Review Board. Parents and relevant others can…
Collier House was the new name given to Longmore Hostel in 1985. It was run by the Department for Community Services in the grounds of the Longmore Training Centre as a short-term training hostel for up to six young people at one time.
Longmore Hostel was established by the Department for Community Welfare in the grounds of the Longmore Remand and Assessment Centre as a short-term training hostel for up to six young people at one time. In 1985 Longmore Hostel was renamed Collier House. Longmore Hostel opened in October 1982 within the grounds of the Longmore Remand…
The Child Welfare Act Amendment Act 1970 (no 1970/039) came into effect on 23 September 1970. It repealed the existing and created a new Second Schedule, giving current names to subsidised institutions. The way children on ‘indictable’ offences could be treated by the courts was also amended (s.20) and provisions for controlling foster care (ss.111,…
The Child Welfare Act Amendment Act 1967 (No 1967/027) came into effect on 8 March 1968, except for s.23 and s.24, which came into effect on 15 July 1968. It amended the Second Schedule, giving current names to subsidised institutions. Parents were now able to apply to have their children committed to the Department (s.47),…
The Disability Services Amendment Act 2014 (Act no. 10 of 2014) amends the Disability Services Act 1993.