Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Legal Status Text
Courthouse
Authorized form of name
BUNBURY CHILDREN'S COURT
Other form(s) of name
Description identifier
AU WA A1597
Description area
Dates of existence
1908-05-01 - 1989-01-01
History
The Children's Court was originally set up under State Children Act 1907 and to operate within the City of Perth. Subsequent amendment allowed the Court to sit in the other designated areas of Fremantle, Midland and Rockingham, and also in country areas such as Bunbury. Cases could be heard by a Police Magistrate or, in his absence, by two Justices of the Peace. Women were appointed from 1915 onwards to provide a female perspective and to look after the interests of girls.
The Children's Court became the Children's Court of Western Australia with the passing of the Act of the same name in 1988.
Places
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Creation: State Children Act 1907
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
AU WA A196 - PERTH CHILDREN'S COURT (1908-01-01 - 1989-01-01)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A196
Category of the relationship
Superior
Dates of the relationship
-
Description of relationship
Related entity
AU WA A196 - PERTH CHILDREN'S COURT (1908-01-01 - 1989-01-01)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A196
Category of the relationship
Related
Dates of the relationship
-
Description of relationship
Related function
Related unit of description
Series S4161 - CHARGE SHEETS (Draft)
Role
Creation
Description of relationship
Dates of relationship
-
Related unit of description
Series S4437 - CHARGE SHEETS - FOREIGN CHILDREN'S COURT (Draft)
Role
Creation
Description of relationship
Dates of relationship
-
Related unit of description
Series S4438 - CHARGE SHEETS - CHILDREN'S FOREIGN COURT (Draft)
Role
Creation
Description of relationship
Dates of relationship
-
Control area
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Sources
Archivist's notes
Article from WAIER forum 1998 (www.waier.org.au/forums/1998/kerr/html). Rosemary Kerr, Faculty of Education, Curtin University. 'Potential inefficients at best, criminal at worst': the girl problem and juvenile delinquency in Western Australia, 1907 - 1933.