Series:
General Welfare Case Files
Series Number:
Access:
Agency access only 75 Years (D75)
Start Date:
09 Mar 1915
End Date:
11 Nov 1994
Creating Agency:
| Charitable Grants Department (TA21) | 01 Jan 1872 | 31 Dec 1934 |
| Children of the State Department (TA146) | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1936 |
| Social Services Department (TA144) | 01 Jan 1934 | 02 Sep 1961 |
| Department of Social Welfare (TA88) | 02 Sep 1961 | 28 Feb 1983 |
| Department for Community Welfare (TA1028) | 01 Feb 1983 | 17 Jul 1989 |
| Department of Community Services (TA769) | 17 Jul 1989 | 03 Feb 1993 |
| Department of Community and Health Services (TA1012) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Related Series:
| SWD70 Applications and associated Correspondence for Compassionate Allowances | 08 Apr 1913 | 22 Dec 1971 |
| AE292 Case Files of the Child Welfare Division (Northern Office) | 01 Jan 1932 | 26 Jul 2003 |
| SWD66 Case Files of the Child Welfare Division. | 08 Jul 1939 | 16 Aug 1972 |
| SWD71 Correspondence relating to Children Placed in Nursing Homes. | 01 Dec 1934 | 16 Jan 1953 |
| AD339 Correspondence, Applications & associated Records relating to the Custody & Welfare of Children (Southern Regional Offices). | 14 Sep 1950 | 12 Jan 1996 |
Controlling Series:
| AD204 Master Index to Case Files | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1989 |
How to Use:
Access to closed files can only be approved by the Department. As files are titled by people's names the file titles for closed files are not available to view online.
Series notes:
This series is a combination of several series of case files with applications and correspondence relating to the custody and welfare of children, child migration and the provision of compassionate allowances and outdoor refief to individuals and families. A number of the case file titles also contain file references to additional files to be found in other series but some of these numbered files have not survived.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
Three consignments
Items: