Are We Family? And if so, Can I Still Sue You?

In
Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law
Author
McDonald, Ashley
Publication Date
March 2000
Publisher
Murdoch University School of Law
Number
Vol 7 Number 1
URL
http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MurUEJL/2000/8.html
Description
'Are we Family? And if so, Can I still Sue You?' explores the role of a child care institution as 'parent' and how the law should respond if that 'parent' harms the child in its care. The author uses Sister Kate's Children's Home to discuss the issues, and gives an account of Western Australian legislation and policies that impacted on Aboriginal people and how these influenced the existence of and practices at Sister Kate's.

Aborigines Department, State of Western Australia (1 April 1898 - 31 December 1908)
Aborigines Department, State of Western Australia (1926 - 1936)
Manguri (1988 - 2002) Relevance: paragraph 29
National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1995 - 1997)
Parkerville Children's Home (1909 - 2005)
Presbyterian Church (1879 - 1977)
Royal Commission to Enquire into and Report Upon [inter alia] the Administration of the Aborigines Department and the Condition of the Natives, State of Western Australia (1904? - 1905)
Royal Commission to Investigate, Report and Advise upon Matters in Relation to the Condition and Treatment of Aborigines 1935, State of Western Australia (1934? - 1935)
Sister Kate's Child and Family Care Services (1980 - 1988)
Sister Kate's Children's Cottage Home (1934 - 1980)
Uniting Church in Australia (Synod of Western Australia) (1977 - )