Melbourne Youth Justice Centre

• Royal Park Industrial School (1875 - c. 1887)
• Royal Park Depot (c. 1880 - 1955)
• Turana (1955 - 1993)
• Melbourne Youth Justice Centre (1993 – )

Run by

• Department of Human Services, State Government of Victoria (1995 - December 2014)
  Date: 1995 - 2014
• Health and Community Services, State Government of Victoria (1992 - 1995)
  Date: 1993 - 1995
• Department of Health & Human Services, State Government of Victoria (January 2015 - 2021)

Related Events

• Case Study 30: Youth detention centres, Victoria, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2015)
  Melbourne Youth Justice Centre was briefly mentioned in Case Study 30: Youth detention centres, Victoria, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, but was not the primary focus of the study.

Related Organisations

• Malmsbury Youth Training Centre (1965 - 2023)
  Most residents of Melbourne Youth Justice Centre are transferred to Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre when they turn 18.
• Melbourne Youth Residential Centre (1993 - current)
  The Melbourne Youth Justice Centre and the Melbourne Youth Residential Centre are collectively referred to as the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct.

This page was written by Cate O'Neill, last updated 13 February 2023. Sources used to create this entry:

• James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to out-of-home care services 1940-2000 - Volume One: Agency Descriptions, November 2001 View Publication Details
• Ombudsman Victoria, Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001: investigation into conditions at the Melbourne Youth Justice Precinct, October 2010 View Publication Details

• Atkinson, Lynn, An overview of juvenile detention in Australia, National Conference on Juvenile Detention: Proceedings of a conference held 10-13 August 1993, 1994. View Publication Details
• Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Report of Case Study No. 30: The response of Turana, Winlaton and Baltara, and the Victoria Police and the Department of Health and Human Services Victoria to allegations of child sexual abuse, April 2016. Relevance: Melbourne Youth Justice Centre was briefly mentioned in Case Study 30: Youth detention centres, Victoria, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, but was not the primary focus of the study. View Publication Details
• Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre (1993 - 2007), Finding Records, No date. Relevance: See the 'List of records held by the department' section for information about records relating to Melbourne Youth Justice Centre. View Publication Details

For more information and to access your records, follow the links below:

Records

• Trainee Information and Departmental Administration records [Winlaton, Nunawading Youth Residential Centre, Melbourne Youth Justice Centre] (c. 1951 - c. 1999)
• Child Information and Departmental Administration records, Turana, Baltara Reception Centre, Langi Kal Kal and Malmsbury Youth Training Centres, Melbourne Youth Justice Centre (c. 1950 - c. 2005)
• Victorian Government Wardship and/or Out of Home Care Records (1864)