Children’s Court Register

Organisation Generating Records

Community Welfare Department (now Department for Child Protection)

Dates

1908 – 1973 consisting of 42 volumes.  Records between 08/04/1909 to 21/02/1913 are missing.  Volumes 1-21 on microfilm.

Description

Contains the following details:

·          family name

·          given names

·           age

·           date of birth

·           date of committal

·           court

·           magistrate

·           charge

·           judgement

·           term

·           particulars of parents – names, address, occupations, earnings; remarks on circumstances; subsequent location (under supervision, on probation, to institution).

Access

An application for personal records form needs to be completed and access is restricted to clients and direct line family descendants.  There is no charge.  This information is not available to researchers.