Pages tagged “State Children’s Council”
Care for dependent children in South Australia, 1888
This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no. 10, 1982, pp.84-91. It is based on access to the Admission Registers of the State Children’s Council, the principal government agency responsible for the care of children brought under the control of various acts dealing with destitute children in a variety of circumstances.Further explanation may be found in Brian Dickey, Rations, Residence, Resources: a history of social; welfare in South Australia since 1836, Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1986.
This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no. 10, 1982, pp.84-91. It is based on access to the Admission Registers of the State Children’s Council, the principal government agency responsible for the care of children brought under the control of various acts dealing with destitute children in a variety of circumstances.Further explanation may be found in Brian Dickey, Rations, Residence, Resources: a history of social; welfare in South Australia since 1836, Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1986.
What have social workers done?
Dr. Brian Dickey, then Reader in History at Flinders University, addressed an Australian Association of Social Workers (South Australia) Branch Meeting on July 15th, 1985. The after dinner talk was subsequently published in The South Australian Social Worker, vol 2, no.2 Aug 1986 & 3, Oct 1986. Minor format changes have been made in this text.
See: Brian Dickey, with contributions from Elaine Martin & Rod Oxenberry, Rations, Residence, Resources: a history of social welfare in South Australia since 1836, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1986.
Dr. Brian Dickey, then Reader in History at Flinders University, addressed an Australian Association of Social Workers (South Australia) Branch Meeting on July 15th, 1985. The after dinner talk was subsequently published in The South Australian Social Worker, vol 2, no.2 Aug 1986 & 3, Oct 1986. Minor format changes have been made in this text.
See: Brian Dickey, with contributions from Elaine Martin & Rod Oxenberry, Rations, Residence, Resources: a history of social welfare in South Australia since 1836, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1986.
