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NTRS 3785 Correspondence files, single number with "I" prefix

Recording Agency:	Department of Community Development (562); Welfare Division (696); Welfare Branch (695)
Date Range:	1939 - 1985
Access:	Agreement Pending
Location:	Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:

How to Use the Records

The list for this series is restricted to protect the privacy of the individuals named on the title of the records. The date range reflects the former practice of amalgamating client files and/or adding later correspondence to the files after they had been closed. The files are listed by file number, file title, date of birth, and previous file number/s.

Function / Content

This series consists of client files relating to the Central Australia region. Individual client files were maintained on a variety of functions, including: Aboriginal people declared to be Wards; emergency assistance to single men, deserted wives or widows, and pensioners; registration of births; foster and/or adoption arrangements for child clients; guardianship of adults and children and arrangements for out of home care or institutionalisation; client complaints and/or enquiries; probation matters for child clients including pre-sentence reports and visits to juvenile prisoners held at Alice Springs Gaol; assistance to travel for medical attention; and, arrangements for State Wards from interstate relocated to the Northern Territory either to be placed in Northern Territory welfare institutions or returned to families. Client files may include copies of police statements and welfare officers' investigations relating to incidents of child abuse, family violence, neglect, and sexual assault. Many files relate to children committed to the care of the State Children's Council during the 1950s who were then transferred to welfare institutions such as the Receiving Home Darwin, or other organisations such as Retta Dixon Homes in Darwin, St Mary's Hostel in Alice Springs, Little Flower Mission (later Arltunga Mission), and Garden Point Mission on Melville Island. Some files include correspondence with Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home in Adelaide relating to the temporary accommodation of infants, and/or arrangements for babies to be adopted in South Australia. Some files contain correspondence during the 1960s relating to children with disabilities who were sent to the Spastic Centre in Woodville, South Australia where some Northern Territory children were resident for many years. Some client files include correspondence relating to the Part Coloured Housing Scheme including complaints, enquiries, maintenance, utilities, rental arrears and eviction processes. Some

Recordkeeping System

Single number, I prefix, nos I1-I992 with gaps

Recording Agency

Period	Title	Agency Id
1978 - 1985	Department of Community Development	562
1970 - 1972	Welfare Division	696
1955 - 1970	Welfare Branch	695

Agency Responsible

Period	Title	Agency Id
1955 - 1970	Welfare Branch	695
1970 - 1972	Welfare Division	696
1978 - 1987	Department of Community Development	562
1987 - 1995	Department of Health and Community Services [I]	570
1995 - 2001	Territory Health Services	687
2001 - 2008	Department of Health and Community Services [II]	571
2016 - 2020	Territory Families	1291

Related Series

Transfer Date	Series	Series Id
1948 - 1985	Client files, single number	NTRS 3784

Consignments

Consignment Id	Number of Units	Contents Date Range	Public Access	Description
P0001	26	1939 - 1985	Agreement Pending	D3: Date of birth; D4: previous file number/or date of birth; D5: Additional date of birth information