Timeline
1968
1955
Adoption Act 1955 passed
1951
1948
- Child Welfare Division of Education Department replaces Child Welfare Branch (see Garlick, 2012, p.59)
1925
- Child Welfare Act 1925 passed (see Garlick, 2012, p.53). Repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1974
- Child Welfare Branch of the Educaton Department (see Garlick, 2012, p.53) and the Children's Court (see Watt, 2003) established
1924
Declaration of the Rights of the Child adopted by the League of Nations. Adopted in an extended form by the United Nations in 1959
1882
- Industrial Schools Act 1882 (see Watt, 2003, p.7) passed. Consolidated 1908 and repealed by Child Welfare Act 1925
1867
- Neglected and Criminal Children Act 1867 (see Watt, 2003, p.7) passed. Repealed by Industrial Schools Act 1882