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Family Information Research System (FIRS)

 

Organisation Generating Record

Child Welfare, Community Welfare, Community Services, Family & Children’s Services, Community Development, Department for Community Development, now Department for Child Protection (DCP)

Dates

1921 to present

Description

An Oracle database specifically built to house Aboriginal records of significance to the ‘stolen generations’.  It contains indexes to government, non-government and community records. 

·         family name

·         given name

·         date of birth

·         place of birth

·         placements

·         parent’s names (if known)

·         siblings names

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.

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