• Archival Collection

Trainee Information and Departmental Administration records [Winlaton, Nunawading Youth Residential Centre, Melbourne Youth Justice Centre]

To access these records

Please contact the Care Leaver Records Service:

Phone: (03) 9096 8449

Email: clrs@dffh.vic.gov.au

Details

Trainee Information and Departmental Administration records is an archival collection held by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. It contains records of children and young people from Victorian juvenile justice institutions including: Winlaton Youth Training Centre, Nunawading Youth Residential Centre, Melbourne Youth Justice Centre (Parkville). (Note: The Social Welfare Act 1960 introduced the word ‘trainee’ to describe children and young people committed to a youth training centre or a remand centre. From 1989, the terminology changed to ‘client’.)

Access Conditions

Restricted Access – Records containing personal or private information about children are closed to public access for a period of 99 years. Care Leavers (and their families) can apply for access to records via the Care Leaver Records Service.

Records

There are a number of different series within the Trainee Information and Departmental Administration records collection. See the Finding Records website for more detailed information.

The Trainee Information collection includes:

The Departmental administration records include:

Finding Aids

The Finding Records website pages relating to Nunawading Youth Residential Centre (1991-1993) and Winlaton (1956-1991) have detailed Collection Guides with more information about these records.

  • From

    c. 1951

  • To

    c. 1999

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