State Government of Western Australia
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries was established on 1 July 2017 as an amalgamation of many government departments, including the Department of Local Government and Communities. The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries includes Aboriginal History Research Services, which "manages restricted access archive requests for files from its preceding departments held in the State Archives Collection".
1887 - 1890 Aborigines Protection Board
1890 - 1898 Aborigines Protection Board
1898 - 1908 Aborigines Department
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1874 - 1908 Superintendent of Poor Relief and Inspector of Charitable Institutions
1920 - 1926 Department of the North West
1920 - 1964 Fisheries Department
1898 - 1936 Chief Protector of Aborigines
1908 - 1917 Public Charities and State Children Department
1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
1917 - 1927 State Children Department
1936 - 1954 Department of Native Affairs
1936 - 1954 Commissioner for Native Affairs
1927 - 1972 Child Welfare Department
1954 - 1972 Commissioner of Native Welfare
1955 - 1972 Department of Native Welfare
1972 - 1985 Department for Community Welfare
1985 - 1992 Department for Community Services
1992 - 1995 Department for Community Development
1995 - 2001 Department for Family and Children's Services
2001 - 2007 Department for Community Development
2007 - 2013 Department for Communities
2013 - 2017 Department of Local Government and Communities
2017 - Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Aboriginal History Research Services', in Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, 2019, https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-history/aboriginal-history-research-services; Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Department of Aboriginal Affairs Annual Report 2016-17, State Government of Western Australia, 2017, http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/4010639a1214af7a7618ecbf4825819b00062597/$file/639.pdf.
Prepared by: Nicola Laurent
Created: 12 December 2018, Last modified: 16 July 2019
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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