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/6640
These records are part of Records of the South Australia Youth Remand and Assessment Centre (c. 1961 - c. 1999).
These records contain information required for the official handover of children from the Police or Court to the South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre (SAYRAC), and its predecessor Vaughan House. They record name, age, date of birth, police station or court and property belonging to youth, and note if they were to be returned to the Centre or released. Some entries are incomplete. Some records in this series are called ‘Receipt for mandate and/or person named thereon”, and contain similar information and were used for a similar purpose to the Property and personal disposition records. Some records in this series relate to young people who were transferred between the custody of police and the Children’s Court, but not to Vaughan House/SAYRAC.
Access to these records 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 restricted records please contact the Department for Child Protection Freedom of Information team.