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Tasmania - Archival Item

Community Welfare, Westwinds DO63/3 (1966 - 1983)

From
1966
To
1983
Website
http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=I&id=AD583/1/295
Reference No
AD583/1/295
Legal Status
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Item Number

Community Welfare, Westwinds DO63/3 is a file created by the Social Welfare Department. It contains correspondence about staffing from GC Smith, the Director of the Social Welfare Department, to the Public Service Board. It is mostly about the difficulty of staffing West Winds Boys Home, Wybra Hall, and Weeroona. It also provides some incidental information about life at West Winds.

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The file contains information about the Special Contract Care Program, a program that placed children who were disturbed or had offended with families who were specifically trained and supported to look after them.

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Prepared by: Caroline Evans