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
Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Series ID, GRS/6643
These records are part of Records of the South Australian Youth Training Centre (1940 - 1999).
This series includes records about the official handover of young people to the Children’s Courts or the custody of South Australian Police from the McNally Training Centre/South Australian Youth Training Centre. There are two sets of records in this series, which include similar information. One set of records, called ‘Personal disposition/property advice records’, include the name of the young person, their age, date of birth, police station or court involved, property belonging to the young person and a signature where property has been returned to them, and a note stating whether they needed to be returned to the Centre after the transfer. The other set is called ‘Receipt for mandate and/or person named thereon forms’, and includes the name of the young person, name of the police station, mandate number and date, physical condition of the young person, date and time of movement, and property belonging to the young person. Some records dated between 1984 and 1988 refer to a centre called ‘Sturt’, however it is not yet known which institution this refers to. Some of the entries are incomplete.
Access to the records in this series 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.
State Records of South Australia hold other ‘Personal disposition/property advice’ and ‘Receipt for mandate and/or person named thereon’ records for Youth Training Centres that pre and post-date those in this series. Those records dating from 1977-1979, and 1993-1996, can be found in the related series GRS/6646.