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Victoria - Archival Series
State Ward Case Files (1920 - 2001)
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- 1920
- To
- c. 2001
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State Ward Case Files consists of case files created about wards of state by the relevant government department. It would appear that the recordkeeping practice of creating a central file about each ward did not start until around 1920. The first case file in this series is for ward number 51,255. (This number was assigned from the Ward Registers, which were maintained by the Department from 1864.)
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Access Conditions
Conditional Access - Former state wards (and their families) seeking information about their time in care, or access personal files can contact Care Leaver Records Service, Freedom of Information Unit.
Records
For the period 1920 to 1935, there are frequent and large gaps in the files. For the period 1935 to 1961, there are relatively few gaps in the files. Around 1961, a new recordkeeping system was introduced, which created different files for children and young people, depending on whether they were the responsibility of the Family Welfare Division or the Youth Welfare division of the Social Welfare Branch. New numbering system were introduced again in 1978 and 1986.
The State Ward Case Files are in the custody of both the Public Record Office of Victoria and the Department of Health and Human Services. Whatever the record's location, access is administered through the Care Leaver Records Service.
- Contact
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Please contact the Care Leaver Records Service:
Phone: (03) 9096 8449
Email: clrs@dffh.vic.gov.au
We do not currently have any records linked to this organisation, but records may exist.
The Find & Connect Support Service can help people who lived in orphanages and children's institutions look for their records.
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The Find & Connect Support Service can help people who lived in orphanages and children's institutions look for their records.
