Please contact Adoptions and Permanency Services:
Postal Address: PO Box 538, Hobart TAS 7001
Phone: (03) 6166 0422
Aftercare Support Program Phone: 1300 654 583
Adoptions and Permanency Services Email: adoption.services@communities.tas.gov.au
After Care Support Program Email: aftercaresupport@communities.tas.gov.au
Website: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/children/adoptions-and-permanency-services/
Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Series Number, AE484
These records are held by Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current).
The Case Files of the Child Welfare Division (North West Office) date from 18 November 1943 to 28 February 2002.
Closed D75 years
D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of the last entry in them. People wishing to access these records should contact Adoptions and Permanency Services After Care Support Program, which is run by the Department of Communities Tasmania. Applicants will be required to fill out a Personal Information Protection (PIP) form. How access is provided once permission is granted will depend on the file. Usually Adoption and Permanency Services request it back and then provide access or copies. Staff at the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office may be able to assist you in finding other relevant records.
These case files include correspondence about children and their families in the Northwest of the State. These files appear to be case files held and maintained by the Burnie Office of the Child Welfare Division (later Child, Youth and Family Services Division). They include child protection cases. The files are ordered alphabetically, usually by the name of the child. In some child protection cases there are multiple names on the file or it has the name of the institution or locality