Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board

• Destitute Board, South Australian Government (1849 - 1886)
• State Children's Council (1886 - 1927)
• Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board (1927 – 1966)
  • Department of Social Welfare, South Australian Government (1966 - 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)

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• Bedford Park Boys' Training Centre (1961 - 1965)
  Date: 1961 - 1965
• Boys Reformatory, Magill (1891 - 1967)
  Date: 1927 - 1966
• Brookway Park (1965 - 1978)
  Children's Welfare and Public Relief Department, and its successors, ran Brookway Park.
  Date: 1965 - 1966
• Central Depot (1900 - 1965)
  Date: 1927 - 1965
• Edwardstown Industrial School (1898 - 1949)
  Date: 1927 - 1950
• Glandore Industrial School (1949 - 1958)
  Date: 1950 - 1958
• Lochiel Park Boys' Training Centre (1958 - 1995)
  Date: 1947 - 1966
• Seaforth Convalescent Home (1921 - 1946)
  Date: 1927 - 1946
• Struan Farm School, Naracoorte (1947 - 1969)
  Date: 1947 - 1966
• Vaughan House (1947 - 1979)
  Date: 1947 - 1966
• Allambi Girls' Hostel (1947 - 1977)
  Allambi Girls' Hostel was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1947 - 1966
• Davenport House (1964 - 1977)
  Davenport House was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1964 - 1966
• Kumanka Boys' Hostel (1946 - 1980)
  Kumunka Boys' Hostel was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1946 - 1966
• Stuart House Boys' Hostel (1964 - 1990)
  Stuart House Boys' Hostel was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1964 - 1966
• Clark Cottage, Clarence Park (1963 - 1979)
  Clark Cottage was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1963 - 1966
• Colton Cottage, Thorngate (1965 - 1982)
  Colton Cottage was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1965 - 1966
• Merrilama Cottage, Glenelg (1960 - 1979)
  Merrilama Cottage was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1960 - 1966
• Port Pirie Cottage (1962 - 1972)
  Port Pirie Cottage was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1962 - 1966
• Spence Cottage, Kensington Gardens (1963 - 1980)
  Spence Cottage was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1963 - 1966
• Stirling Cottage, St Peters (1962 - 1979)
  Stirling Cottage was run by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board and its successors.
  Date: 1962 - 1966
• Glandore Children's Home (1958 - 1966)
  Date: 1958 - 1966
• Seaforth Home (1946 - 1975)
  Date: 1946 - 1966

Related Organisations

• Catholic Girls' Home Parkside (1930 - 1943)
  Sisters of St Joseph ran the Catholic Girls' Home Parkside under the control of the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board.
  Date: 1930 - 1943
• 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 Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board.
  Date: 1941 - 1966
• St John the Baptist Home for Boys (1898 - 1941)
  Brothers of St John the Baptist ran St John's Boys Town 1898-1942, under the control of the State Children's Council and its successor, the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board 1898-1941
  Date: 1927 - 1941
• Barton Vale Girls' Home (1922 - 1947)
  Barton Vale Girls' Home was run by the Salvation Army, under the control of the State Children's Council and its successor the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board.
  Date: 1927 - 1947
• The Salvation Army Boys' Home, Mount Barker (1945 - 1982)
  The Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board conducted regular inspections of The Salvation Army Boys' Home, Mt Barker as part of its legislative requirements
  Date: 1950 - 1966
• The Salvation Army Girls' Home, Fullarton (1945 - 1969?)
  The Salvation Army Girls' Home, Fullarton, was regularly inspected by the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board, and its successors, from 1950
  Date: 1950 - 1966
• St John's Boys Town (1941 - 1954)
  The Salesians of Don Bosco ran St John's Boys Town under the control of the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board.
  Date: 1941 - 1942
• Children's Welfare and Public Relief Department, South Australian Government (1927 - 1966)
• Girls' Probationary School (1901 - 1945)
  The Salvation Army ran the Girls' Probationary School under the supervision of the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board
  Date: 1927 - 1945

Related Legislation

• Maintenance Act 1926, South Australia (1927 - 1972)
• Maintenance Act Amendment Act 1965, South Australia (1966 - 1972)
  The Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board was abolished in 1965 with the passing of the Maintenance Act Amendment Act, 1926-1965.

This page was written by Karen George and Gary George, last updated 6 January 2017. Sources used to create this entry:

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

Records

• Records of the Social Welfare Department and predecessors (1849 - c. 1987)
• Records created by the State Children's Department (1886 - 1927)
• Correspondence files, single number series with 'B' [Child Endowment] prefix (1904 - 1974)
• Minutes - State Children's Council, later the Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board (1886 - 1965)
• Correspondence files ('CW & PRD' and 'SW' files) -Children's Welfare and Public Relief Department and successors (1927 - c. 1979)
• Case cards, alphabetical by surname - Women Police Branch, South Australian Police Department (c. 1940 - 1974)
• Case cards, arranged by subject - Women Police Branch, South Australian Police Department (1960 - 1973)