This series contains Charge Books created by the Perth Children’s Court, later known as the Children’s Court of Western Australia. It includes records about sittings for children charged with offences at the Perth, Fremantle, and Rockingham courts. These records are likely to include information about children who were placed into state care. Access The majority…
Correspondence Files – Kalgoorlie Office is a records series that contains two items of correspondence from the Kalgoorlie office of the Child Welfare Department. The items relate to Wards of the State at Kurrawang Mission, and to children in and around the Kalgoorlie district committed to the care of the Child Welfare Department. Access Access…
Files – General is a series of records created by the Central Board of Health, the Public Health Department, and the Health Department of Western Australia. It is the main series of files for these agencies, and includes records dealing with public health, sanitation, hospitals and medical institutions, correspondence with local boards of health, environmental…
The Department of Communities was established on 1 June 2017. It performs the functions of several former government agencies, including the Department for Child Protection, Department of Housing, Disbability Services Commission, and the Department of Local Government and Communities. It includes the Child Protection and Family Support agency, through which it runs out-of-home care facilities…
For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit: Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959 Phone: (08) 6414 3344 Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au Website: https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
Administration Files – South West District Office [S.D. Sequence] is a series containing records created by the South West Division of the Department of Native Welfare and the Department of Native Affairs. The files are concerned with education, health, housing, employment, missions and reserves, and staffing. Gnowangerup, Narrogin, Collie, Katanning, Kojonup, Broomehill, Dumbleyung, Tambellup and…
The Department of Justice was created out of the merger of the Department of Corrective Services and the Attorney-General’s Department. It assumed responsibilities for the functions previously undertaken by the Department of Corrective Services, including youth justice.
Seaforth Boys’ Home (Gosnells, W.A.) Photographs is a collection of images from 1926 to 1932 held by the State Library of Western Australia. The collection includes photos of boys and buildings at Seaforth Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Gosnells; Seaforth Salvation Army Boys’ Reformatory; and one likely of Seaforth Salvation Army Girls’ Home. The images also…
Derby Leprosarium/ Hansens Disease/ Patients Monthly Return is a record within the Series titled ‘Files – Hospitals’, created by the Public Health Department of Western Australia and held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. This record contains financial returns information for the Derby Leprosarium, and possibly contains names of individual patients. Access Access…
The Public Health Department of Western Australia was formed in 1911 following the passing of the Public Health Act of 1911. The Department of Public Health was responsible for the administration and provision of public health and medical services in Western Australia. In 1984 the Public Health Department was merged with the Department of Hospital…
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