Legislation Children's Welfare Act 1928
State of Victoria
The Children's Welfare Act 1928
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- 1928
- To
- 1928
Summary
The Children's Welfare Act 1928 consolidated and replaced all Victorian legislation relating to child welfare and infant life protection since 1864. In the 1920s, there was a growing shortage of foster parents, and as a result, there was a growing use of children's homes to accommodate children who were state wards.
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- 'Victoria [excerpts from Victorian legislation]', in To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives, This section of the AIATSIS website is a part of the online exhibition, 'To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives'. It contains digitised excerpts of legislation from Victoria and other states and territories in Victoria that are relevant to the removal of Indigenous children from their families. Many of these laws are not specifically in relation to Aboriginal children, and are thus relevant to child welfare in Victoria for non-Indigenous children as well., Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2008, http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/removeprotect/leg/vic_leg.html. Details
- Victorian Government, 'Victorian Government Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care (Submission 173)', in Inquiry into Institutional Care: Submissions received as at 17/03/05, July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
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Sources used to compile this entry: 'Victoria [excerpts from Victorian legislation]', in To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives, This section of the AIATSIS website is a part of the online exhibition, 'To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives'. It contains digitised excerpts of legislation from Victoria and other states and territories in Victoria that are relevant to the removal of Indigenous children from their families. Many of these laws are not specifically in relation to Aboriginal children, and are thus relevant to child welfare in Victoria for non-Indigenous children as well., Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2008, http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/removeprotect/leg/vic_leg.html; Victorian Government, 'Victorian Government Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care (Submission 173)', in Inquiry into Institutional Care: Submissions received as at 17/03/05, July 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm.
Prepared by: Cate Elkner
Created: 17 March 2009, Last modified: 7 July 2010