Centenary of care for children
Centenary of care for children was published in 1979 by the then Department of Children's Services to mark one hundred years of government services to families in Queensland.
The Orphanages Act of 1879 established the Office of the Inspector of Orphanages. This office grew to become the State Children Department established in 1911, the forerunner of the present Department of Child Safety established nearly a century later in 2004. In the interim the department had many titles, including Children's Services (from 1966), Family Services (from 1987), Families, Youth and Community Care (from 1996), and Families (from 2001).
This publication provides an historical record of departmental services such as foster care, adoption, and institutional care.
Researchers and people working on family histories may find the information and photographs of interest.
For additional information, including personal details relating to children who were in orphanages, please contact the Freedom of Information Branch.
Full version of Centenary of care for children.
- Front cover (PDF 157 KB)
- Inside cover (PDF 94 KB)
- Message from the Minister (PDF 129 KB)
- Message from the Director (PDF 132 KB)
- Contents (PDF 86 KB)
- The need for care (PDF 120 KB)
- The Act of 1879 (PDF 148 KB)
- In retrospect (PDF 279 KB)
- Development of the state orphanages (PDF 178 KB)
- Industrial schools and reformatories (PDF 149 KB)
- Development of private institutions (PDF 119 KB)
- The institutions today (PDF 706 KB)
- Continued development by legislation (PDF 260 KB)
- Foster care (PDF 378 KB)
- Employment (PDF 143 KB)
- Adoption (PDF 154 KB)
- Financial assistance to natural families (PDF 160 KB)
- Recent innovations and the future (PDF 242 KB)
- Directors of department (PDF 125 KB)
- Last updated
- 22 November 2004
