Series:
Register of Wards of the State.
Series Number:
Access:
Agency access only 75 Years (D75)
Start Date:
11 Jan 1897
End Date:
15 Feb 1989
Creating Agency:
| Charitable Grants Department (TA21) | 01 Jan 1872 | 31 Dec 1934 |
| Department of Social Welfare (TA88) | 02 Sep 1961 | 28 Feb 1983 |
| Social Services Department (TA144) | 01 Jan 1934 | 02 Sep 1961 |
| Department for Neglected Children (TA145) | 01 Jan 1896 | 31 Dec 1918 |
| Children of the State Department (TA146) | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1936 |
| Department for Community Welfare (TA1028) | 01 Feb 1983 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Related Series:
| AF41 Wybra Hall Admissions and Discharges Register | 15 May 1956 | 09 Sep 1988 |
Controlling Series:
| AD244 Index to Registers of Wards of the State. | 11 Jan 1897 | 15 Feb 1989 |
Series notes:
Records name, sex, religion, age or date of birth, cause of committal, native place, date of admission, educational qualifications (in vol. 1 only), payments, how dealt with and other particulars.Each ward given a consecutive number which ceased 1955~
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
Chronological. Each child allocated a case number.
Items: