The Department of Human Services was created in 2018 when the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion was renamed. The Department of Human Services has responsibilities for youth justice, disability services and child safety.
1849 - 1886 Destitute Board
1849 - 1910 Destitute Poor Department
1849 - 1910 Destitute Poor Department
1866 - 1912 Aborigines Office
1886 - 1927 State Children's Department
1886 - 1927 State Children's Council
1910 - 1927 Destitute Persons' Department
1912 - 1962 Aborigines Department
1927 - 1966 Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board
1927 - 1966 Children's Welfare and Public Relief Department
1963 - 1970 Department of Aboriginal Affairs
1966 - 1970 Department of Social Welfare
1970 - 1972 Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs
1972 - 1990 Department for Community Welfare
1990 - 1998 Department for Family and Community Services
1998 - 2004 Family and Youth Services, Department of Human Services
2004 - 2006 Children, Youth and Family Services, Department for Families and Communities
1976 - 2006 Intellectual Disability Services Council
2006 - 2011 Families SA, Department for Families and Communities
2006 - 2019 Disability Services - Disability SA
2011 - 2018 Department for Communities and Social Inclusion
2018 - Department of Human Services
Sources used to compile this entry: Email communication with the Department of Human Services, January 2021, held in the Find & Connect web resource project files.
Prepared by: Kirsten Wright
Created: 26 March 2021, Last modified: 3 June 2021
Last updated: 7 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/sa/biogs/ENT0107b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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