Department for Community Welfare, South Australian Government

• Aborigines Office, South Australian Government (1866 - 1912)
• Aborigines Department, South Australian Government (1912 - 1962)
• Department of Aboriginal Affairs, South Australian Government (1963 - 1970)
• Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs, South Australian Government (1970 - 1972)
• Department for Community Welfare, South Australian Government (1972 – 1990)
  • Department for Family and Community Services, South Australian Government (1990 - 1998)
  • Family and Youth Services, Department of Human Services, South Australian Government (1998 - 2004)
  • Children, Youth and Family Services, Department for Families and Communities, South Australian Government (2004 - 2006)
  • Families SA, Department for Families and Communities (2006 - 2011)
  • Families SA, Department for Education and Child Development (2011 - 2016)

Ran

• Brookway Park (1965 - 1978)
  Date: 1972 - 1978
• Lochiel Park Boys' Training Centre (1958 - 1995)
  Date: 1972 - 1990
• McNally Training Centre (1967 - 1979)
  Date: 1972 - 1979
• South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre (1979 - 1993)
  Date: 1979 - 1990
• South Australian Youth Training Centre (1979 - 1993)
  Date: 1979 - 1990
• Vaughan House (1947 - 1979)
  Date: 1972 - 1979
• Windana Remand Home (1965 - 1975)
  Date: 1972 - 1975
• Allambi Girls' Hostel (1947 - 1977)
  Date: 1972 - 1977
• Davenport House (1964 - 1977)
  Date: 1972 - 1977
• Kumanka Boys' Hostel (1946 - 1980)
  Date: 1972 - 1990
• Luprina Hostel (1971 - current)
  Date: 1972 - 1974
• Stuart House Boys' Hostel (1964 - 1990)
  Date: 1972 - 1995
• Clark Cottage, Clarence Park (1963 - 1979)
  Date: 1972 - 1979
• Colton Cottage, Thorngate (1965 - 1982)
  Date: 1972 - 1982
• Dartmouth Family Home, Port Augusta (1973 - current)
  Dartmouth Family Home was run by the Department for Community Welfare and its successors.
  Date: 1973 - ?
• Family Home, Mount Gambier (1972 - current)
  Family Home, Mount Gambier was run by the Department for Community Welfare and its successors.
  Date: 1972 - ?
• Fullarton Cottage, Myrtle Bank (1970 - 1979)
  Date: 1972 - 1980
• Glandore Family Home (1972 - 1975)
  Date: 1972 - 1979
• Kandarik Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1988)
  Kandarik Cottage was run by the Department for Community Welfare.
  Date: 1975 - 1988
• Klemzig Family Home (1973 - 1980)
  Date: 1973 - 1980
• Malvern Cottage (1972 - 1980)
  Date: 1972 - 1980
• Merrilama Cottage, Glenelg (1960 - 1979)
  Date: 1972 - 1980
• Morada Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1979)
  Date: 1975 - 1979
• Port Lincoln Family Home (1973 - 1980)
  Date: 1973 - 1980
• Pybus Family Home, Port Augusta (1972 - 1980)
  Date: 1972 - 1980
• Reception Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1979)
  Date: 1973 - 1979
• Slade Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1988)
  Date: 1973 - 1988
• Spence Cottage, Kensington Gardens (1963 - 1980)
  Date: 1972 - 1980
• Stirling Cottage, St Peters (1962 - 1979)
  Date: 1972 - 1979
• Tintoo Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1979)
  Date: 1975 - 1979
• Unit Living, Marion (1974 - 1990)
  Unit Living was run by the Department for Community Welfare and its successors.
  Date: 1974 - 1989
• Aboriginal Women's Home, North Adelaide (1926 - c. 1975)
  Date: 1972 - 1975
• Blair Athol Unit (1982 - current)
• Brookway Unit (c. 1984 - 1992)
• Central Region Admission Unit (1979 - 1980)
• Gilles Plains Community Unit (1979 - 1990)
• Glandore Community Unit (1990 - 1994)
• Ningana Community Unit (1979 - 1984?)
• Northern Region Admission Unit (1979 - 1990)
• Northern Region Group Home (1980 - current)
• Seaford Youth Support Unit (1980 - current)
• Southern Region Admission Unit (1979 - c. 1990)
• Southern Region Group Home (1979 - 1990)
• Western Region Admission Unit (1980 - 1986)
• Woodville Assessment Unit (1990 - 1992)
• Umeewarra Mission Home, Davenport Reserve (1964 - 1995)
  The Department for Community Welfare oversaw the running of the Umeewarra Mission Home while the day to day running of the Home was in the hands of the superintendent.
  Date: 1972 - 1990
• Glandore Boys' Home (1966 - 1973)
  Date: 1972 - 1973
• Seaforth Home (1946 - 1975)
  Date: 1972 - 1975
• Port Pirie Family Home (1972 - 1980)
• Hay Community Unit (1979 - 1989)
• Pleasant Avenue Cottage (1975 - 1979)
• Glandore Unit (1975 - 1980)
• Christies Beach Family Home (1975? - 1980)
• Kali Cottage (1972 - 1977)
• Elizabeth Grace Community Unit (1975 - 1979)
• Kadina Family Home (1977 - current)
• Renmark Family Home (1978 - current)
• Monarto Family Home (1977 - current)
• Naldera Family Home (1975? - 1978)

Related Organisations

• Convent of the Good Shepherd "The Pines" (1942 - 1974)
  The Convent of the Good Shepherd "The Pines" was run by the Order of the Good Shepherd Sisters under the control of the Department for Community Welfare.
  Date: 1972 - 1974
• The Salvation Army Boys' Home, Mount Barker (1945 - 1982)
  The Department for Community Welfare conducted regular inspections of The Salvation Army Boys' Home, Mt Barker as part of its legislative requirements
  Date: 1972 - 1982
• Fullarton Children's Home (1969 - 1986)
  Fullarton Children's Home was regularly inspected by the Department for Community Welfare
• Minda Home (1911 - 1976)
  The Department for Community Welfare and its successors had some oversight of operations at Minda Home from the 1970s
• Morialta Children's Homes Incorporated (1972 - 1974)
  Morialta Children's Homes Incorporated came under the supervision of the Department for Community Welfare in the 1970s
• Minda Inc. (1976 - current)
  The Department for Community Welfare and its successors had some oversight of operations at Minda Home and its successor Minda Inc from the 1970s

This page was written by Melissa Downing, last updated 11 February 2014. Sources used to create this entry:

• George, Karen, Finding Your Own Way, 2005 View Publication Details

Records

• Records of the Department for Community Welfare and Successor Agencies (1972)