The records of the South Australian Children’s and Youth Courts contain case files and records about children and young people who had cases before the courts. The files can relate to children and young people who were in the process of being made wards of the state, who were being adopted, or who were charged…
To access records created by the South Australian Children’s and Youth Courts please contact the Youth Court Registry: Phone: (08) 8204 0331 or (08) 8204 0333 Email: youthcourt@courts.sa.gov.au Website: https://www.courts.sa.gov.au/going-to-court/court-locations/youth-court/
State Records of South Australia holds the administrative records created and kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. The records contain references to children who were in State care, adoption requests, photographs of some children and children’s institutions, and discussions of policy matters relating to child welfare and institutional care. Access…
State Records of South Australia holds the minutes of council and committee meetings that were created and kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. These minutes include notes on discussion of individual cases, including notes on the conduct and education of State wards, allegations of neglect of State wards, transfers of…
State Records of South Australia holds many records of correspondence written to or by the Social Welfare Departments and its predecessors. The records were kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. The records include details about children, including references to children being committed to State care, foster and institutional placements or…
State Records of South Australia holds records that contain information about foster mothers and maternity homes. The records were kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. The records contain details about women who were licensed to be foster mothers for children in State care, details about children who were placed in…
State Records of South Australia holds many records that contain information about South Australian families who had contact with the child welfare system, and relating to the paternity of South Australian children who were born outside of marriage (including for cases where this is not noted on a birth certificate). They may contain some information…
This is a photograph showing three people sitting at tables in the dining room at Nindee Hostel, Adelaide. The tables are small, each seating four people. Behind the tables is a serving hatch through to the kitchen. This image was published in the 1979-80 Annual Report of Aboriginal Hostels Limited with the caption “Nindee Hostel…
Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL) was established in June 1973 to provide hostel accommodation and related services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia. AHL was established by the Commonwealth Government as a not-for-profit company, with the AHL board reporting to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. It ran at least one children’s home/hostel for…
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