Resource Section

Title

Vote - Child Welfare and Outdoor Relief £271,655

In

Hansard Archive 1870 to 1995

Imprint

Parliament of Western Australia, 23 November 1954

Url

https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Hansard/hansard1870to1995.nsf/83cc4ce93b5d4e0b48257b33001cfef6/9C2EFADEA26576EF48257B3900261CEB/$File/19541123_Assembly.pdf

Description

'Vote - Child Welfare and Outdoor Relief £271,655' is an excerpt from the digital copies of the Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Assembly of the Western Australian Parliament. A speech by the Minister for Child Welfare outlines changes to the Child Welfare Department and the Child Welfare Reception Home arising from the report of the investigation into WA child welfare practices by RH Hicks, the Director of Child Welfare in New South Wales. See pages 3127-3128 of the excerpt.

Related Entries

Events

• Investigation into the Administration of the Child Welfare Department of Western Australia by RH Hicks, State of Western Australia (1953)

  p.3128

Organisations

• Child Welfare Reception Home (1953 - 1972)

  ‘Vote – Child Welfare and Outdoor Relief £271,655’ outlines changes made and planned for the Child Welfare Reception Home.