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Northern Territory - Glossary Term
Boarding Out (1850 - 1960)
- From
- 1850s
- To
- 1960s
- Categories
- Foster Care, Type of 'care'
- Location
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Boarding out was the original term used to describe the placement of children and young people in the care of a foster mother or foster parents in a private home. This was later referred to as foster care.
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When the practice began in the 1850s children could be placed with or without the payment of a government subsidy. Boarding out was first incorporated into legislation in the Destitute Persons Relief Act 1866, South Australia. By the 1960s this practice was referred to as foster care.
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