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NTRS 3766 Preservation copy of index to correspondence files relating to children with 'C' prefix [NTRS 3756]

Recording Agency:Welfare Branch (695); Welfare Division (696); Department of Community Development (562); Department of Health and Community Services [I] (570); Territory Health Services (687); Department of Health and Community Services [II] (571)
Date Range:1940 - 2004
Access:Agreement Pending
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
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How to Use the Records

The index is a searchable document of access points to client information, institution names and dates of birth and dates of death (if available) contained in series number NTRS 3756. A reference copy is available in NTRS 3767.

Function / Content

This series consists of preservation copy of the index to files relating to children who were under the supervision and/or control of the Director of Child Welfare and includes State Children from the Northern Territory and other jurisdictions. The files contain correspondence associated with the provision of 'care' for children in a variety of circumstances relating to one or more of the following matters; Children's Court hearings and convictions, probation supervision, investigations into suspected child abuse and/or neglect, arrangements relating to the movement of children from or to other states for the purpose of relocation to interstate foster parents or transfer to welfare, medical, community or educational institutions, affiliation proceedings, and adoptions. Files may include pre-sentence reports prepared for the Children's Court, legal papers for adoption cases, case conference reports, social worker assessments, and medical, psychiatric and/or psychological reports. The index consists of 36 fields collecting the following information: box number; file number; file title; date range of file; name of adult client; alternative client names( e.g. alternative spellings, aliases); other adult client names referred to in reports/investigations on file; adult client name if different from primary client; name and location of welfare institution where adult was placed; name and location of other institution where adult was placed; date or year of birth; sex of client; Aboriginal, Non-Aboriginal or not specified; birth mother name; birth father name; sibling names; spouse name; children of client (not adopted); children of client (adopted) and jurisdiction of adoption; name of child clients; any other names or aliases the child is known by; child date or year of birth; sex of child; child Aboriginal, Non-Aboriginal or not specified; child birth mother name; child birth father name; child sibling names; spouse of child client; other child clients referred to in

Recordkeeping System

None, one only

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1955 - 1970Welfare Branch695
1970 - 1972Welfare Division696
1978 - 1987Department of Community Development562
1987 - 1995Department of Health and Community Services [I]570
1995 - 2001Territory Health Services687
2001 - 2004Department of Health and Community Services [II]571

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1955 - 1970Welfare Branch695
1970 - 1972Welfare Division696
1978 - 1987Department of Community Development562
1987 - 1995Department of Health and Community Services [I]570
1995 - 2001Territory Health Services687
2001 - 2008Department of Health and Community Services [II]571
2016 - 2020Territory Families1291

Controlled Series

PeriodSeriesSeries Id
1940 - 2004Correspondence files relating to children with 'C' prefixNTRS 3756

Related Series

Transfer DateSeriesSeries Id
1940 - 2004Master index to correspondence files relating to children with 'C' prefix [NTRS 3756]NTRS 3765
1940 - 2004Reference copy of index to correspondence files relating to children with 'C' prefix [NTRS 3756];;NTRS 3767

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P000111940 - 2004Agreement Pending