FILES - HOMEMAKER SERVICE

• AU WA S1245
• Series
• 1968-01-01 - 1987-12-31

The Homemaker Service was established in 1968 under the Department of Native Welfare to assist Aboriginal families in the transition from reserve dwelling to conventional housing. The scheme was later extended to include European families who req...

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY WELFARE

FILES - PERSONAL (STAFF) [1]

• AU WA S1691
• Series
• 1934-01-01 -

This series comprises departmental personal staff files.(Files in this Record Series include items that were previously listed at the State Records Office at reference: AN 1/8, Accession 1726 and AN 1/9, Accession 1498).

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY WELFARE

INDEX CARDS TO DEPARTMENTAL FILES

• AU WA S1784
• Series
• 1926-01-01 -

Index cards to files created by Aborigines Department and its successor agencies.

DEPARTMENT OF NATIVE AFFAIRS

FILES - ABORIGINES DEPARTMENTS

• AU WA S2030
• Series
• 1926-01-01 - 1972-06-16

In 1926, a new Aborigines Department was created to administer Aboriginal affairs. This responsibility had been split across two departments - the Department of the North West and the Department of Fisheries - between the years 1920 and 1926.This ...

ABORIGINES DEPARTMENT [2]

FORMS

• AU WA S4392
• Series
• 1955-01-01 - 1972-06-30

This series contains samples of obsolete forms.

CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENT

PERSONAL FILES

• AU WA S5055
• Series
• 1922-01-01 - 1966-12-31

In the 1920s, the Chief Protector of Aborigines began creating personal files documenting government interactions with individual Aboriginal people within Western Australia. These files are often referred to as the "Welfare files".In the early 197...

ABORIGINES DEPARTMENT [2]