St Anthony’s Children’s Home in Kew was established by the Sisters of St Joseph in around 1921. It provided care for mostly boys from kindergarten age to early primary school age, and helped to ease overcrowding at St Joseph’s Foundling Hospital in Broadmeadows. Its name changed in 1943 to St Anthony’s Home. St Anthony’s Children’s…
The Victorian Infant Asylum and Foundling Hospital in East Melbourne was new name given 1902 to the former Victorian Infant Asylum. It accepted ‘foundlings’ (‘abandoned’ children), and mothers with their infants. In 1906, its name changed again to the Foundling Hospital and Infants’ Home. The Victorian Infant Asylum and Foundling Hospital in East Melbourne was…
Glastonbury Child and Family Services was the new name given in 1984 to the former Glastonbury Children’s Home. The name change reflected the agency’s new directions and service philosophies. The history of the organisation dates back to 1854 and the establishment of the Geelong Orphan Asylum. In 2011, the organisation changed its name to Glastonbury…
Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (No. 19, 1915), had the full title ‘An Act to provide for the Acceptance of certain Territory Surrendered by the State of New South Wales to the Commonwealth’. The Act created the Territory of Jervis Bay, and specified that the Territory was subject to the laws of the Australian…
Wesley Mission Melbourne was established in 2001, following a review of the organisation known as Wesley Central Parish Mission. In February 2010, the organisation became known as Wesley Mission Victoria. The name change from Wesley Central Parish Mission to Wesley Mission Melbourne was accompanied by administrative and structural changes. For example, from 2001, there was…
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare is a peak body for community service organisations in the child, youth and family services sector of Victoria, established in 2003. The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare is located in Melbourne. The organisation began as the Children’s Welfare Association of Victoria, a peak…
The Human Rights Act 2004 is a law which recognises and describes the fundamental civil and political rights that individuals have. It gives the Attorney General and Human Rights Commissioner some powers to intervene in courts and tribunals where human rights are concerned, and gives the Supreme Court the power to declare Territory laws ‘incompatible’…
The Information Privacy Act (ACT) is a law of the Australian Capital Territory which regulates the storage and handling of personal information about individuals by ACT Government agencies. It replaced, in the Territory, the Commonwealth Privacy Act which had until then been the privacy law in force. It includes a number of Territory Privacy Principles…
Law in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) needs to be understood in light of the history of the territory’s governance. The ACT became a self-governing territory in 1989. Before 1989, laws in the ACT were made by federal (Commonwealth) Acts, or by Ordinances made by the Governor-General. From 1989, the ACT Legislative Assembly has been…
The Parentage Act 2004 (Act no. 1/2004) became effective on 22 March 2004. It was varied by the Adoption Amendment Act 2009 (No. 2) in 2009.
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