Creator: Social Policy Archive [1993 - 1997]
2013.0115 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REFERENCE COLLECTION 1962-1988 Access: Open
This series comprises the reference collection of publications relating to social policy and social welfare in Australia in the period 1962-1988. Each file contains a specific publication or series of publications ranging from government studies and statistical data to professional studies and reports. Two files contain information gathered from the USA and the UK. The bulk of the series dates fr
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2013.0121 REFERENCE MATERIALS AND PUBLICATIONS 1918-1974 Access: Open
This series comprises three original series created by the RMIT Social Policy Archive from records transferred from the CWS. All the records in the series were retained for reference and most were published either as books or as publications of organisations. The series is collected into three sequences: (1) Collected annual reports from a variety of charitable institutions retained for reference
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2013.0120 SUBSTITUTE CARE FOR YOUTH PROJECT 1960-1971 Access: Open
This series comprises a report, in two parts, funded by the Myer Foundation and which addresses in part 1, the feasibility of using private families for substitute care for youth. The second part examines the needs of secondary school students requiring care away from home. In addition to two copies of each part of the report, the series contains various reference papers collected by the two auth
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2013.0128 REPORTS 1977-1977 Access: Open
This series consists of Australian Government published research reports of studies undertaken in connection with the Australian Government's Commission of Inquiry into Poverty. The report topics include: rural poverty, long term unemployment, food consumption patterns, Aboriginals and Islanders, migrants, welfare service planning and delivery, community aid centres and community services. The s
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2013.0124 COMMITTEE RECORDS AND REPORT 1975-1979 Access: Open
This series comprises the terms of reference, minutes of meetings, submissions and the final report of the Committee of Enquiry in Child Care Services in Victoria (commonly known from the name of the Chairman as the Norgard Inquiry). This collection originated from Miss Elizabeth Sharpe, the Executive Director of the Citizens Welfare Service and a member of the Committee of Inquiry. The final rep
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2013.0136 MINUTES, REPORTS, CORRESPONDENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS 1952-1993 Access: Open
This collection comprises a range of administrative records documenting the activities of the Fitzroy Community Youth Centre. Records include minutes of the Committee of Management meetings and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence and annual reports. The bulk of the collection is comprised of two sequences of subject based files. The first, with item numbers 107/3013-3350 contains f
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2013.0135 WELFARE PHOTOGRAPHS & PUBLICATIONS 1930-1970 Access: Part Restricted
Access Note: People can apply for access to ‘restricted’ records (those containing
personal and/or sensitive information) under special conditions.
The University of Melbourne Archives coordinates with Find & Connect Support Services to provide extra services for those who grew up in orphanages and other out and other out of home 'care' facilities, and their families. As such we encourage people eligible to apply for access to the restricted records via the support service. For support services contact details, please see https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/contact/.
This collection primarily comprises photographs published by the British and Victorian Governments of social welfare activities and institutions, for example, visits by social workers to orphanages and foster homes, and photographs of the Winlaton Youth Training Centre in suburban Melbourne, (Nunawading). The photographs were collected by Ms Donella Jaggs, who had an active policy career in both
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2013.0137 INTEGRATION REFERENCE FILES 1974-1993 Access: Open
These records, being files and publications appear to have been originally in suspension pockets and were placed into folders during processing. The titles have been taken from the tabs on the suspension pockets and pinned to each file. They were in alphabetical order by file/suspension pocket title and contain resource materials, teaching aids and syllabus, government and other publications and
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2013.0132 YOUTH AFFAIRS RECORDS 1971-1993 Access: Open
This series was created by Jacqui Mason and contains reports, handbooks on youth work training, minutes of the Youth Policy Development Council meetings, publications such as the Youth Affairs Journal and other documents and materials retained for her use and reference. The records reflect the breadth of Ms Mason’s professional interests and activities. Jacqui Mason was a lecturer in Youth Work a
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2013.0125 ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS 1972-1989 Access: Open
These records comprise correspondence files, minutes of meetings and reports and reference papers created and collected by the State Youth Council. The correspondence relates to the activities, policies and membership composition in the State Youth Council. Topics include: proposed regional youth consultation, funding, youth employment, drugs, education, youth policy development, teenage holiday
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2013.0131 CORRESPONDENCE AND ADMINISTRATION FILES 1965-1975 Access: Open
This series consists of correspondence and administration files which document many of the key activities, areas of policy development and the structure of the Youth Council of Victoria. The records include correspondence relating to a Japanese Youth Goodwill Mission (1973), the Public Relations Programme for 1976, newsletters, replies to enquiries, draft discussion papers on issues such as a nat
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2013.0134 REPORTS AND REFERENCE PAPERS 1961-1991 Access: Open
This series of approximately 200 items, comprises reports and reference papers dating from 1961-1991 collected or generated by the Youth Council of Victoria, covering a wide range of topics within the broad field of youth and community affairs. Topics include: income support and youth unemployment, equal pay, government youth policy, migrant youth, youth worker training and education, leadership
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2013.0027 CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, REFERENCE PAPERS & NEWSLETTERS 1983-1992 Access: Open
This collection comprises correspondence files, reports and reference files and three newsletters from the Youth Policy Development Council. The correspondence files were created by the Council’s secretariat, the Bureau of Youth Affairs and make up half of the collection. The reference files contain reports and reference papers produced or collected by Youth Policy Development Council. Much of th
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2013.0114 CLIENT CASE RECORDS 1945-1985 Access: Restricted
This series comprises the case records of CWS clients, being primarily those people seeking relationship guidance counselling and including general counselling/support clients. Each client is an individual or couple and the file documents their interaction with CWS. Files are primarily made up of structured and unstructured case notes and letters, detailing psychological, financial, sexual and ot
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2013.0133 MINUTES, ANNUAL REPORTS & OTHER RECORDS 1887-1992 Access: Restricted
Most of this collection comprises annual reports, housed in unit 2. This unit holds minutes of the annual general meetings, society aims, constitution, council members, subscribers, representatives, charities and their representatives, summary of work done and achievements during the year and balance sheets (budgets), and (anonymous) examples of 'successful', 'doubtful' and 'unsuccessful' cases.
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2013.0113 ADMINISTRATION AND CORRESPONDENCE FILES 1891-1988 Access: Restricted
This series consists of subject files created by the Citrizens Welfare Service, known at CWS as Resource Files. Generally they are arranged alphabetically by file title however some later transfers do not retain this arrangement. Some files are also labelled with A/1, A/2, A/3, B/1, B/2, B/3 style of code however this appears to have been superseded by the alphabetical arrangement. The files cont
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2013.0116 OUTWARD CORRESPONDENCE LETTER BOOKS 1957-1980 Access: Restricted
This series comprises carbon copies of outwards correspondence bound in volumes in date order; items in Unit 10 were not bound and are found in date order in files. The authors are primarily CWS executive management and social workers and the letters document all aspects of the organisation's administration. Most volumes contain an alphabetical index to addressees at the front and correspondence
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2013.0117 STAFFING RECORDS 1960-1985 Access: Restricted
This series is a composite of three series originally created by the RMIT Social Policy Archive from records received from the Citizens Welfare Service. The series comprises RSPA series 75, staff files of former CWS employees 1960-1981, RSPA series 76 records of CWS staff salaries 1962-1980 and RSPA series 56, minutes of (usually) fortnightly staff meetings 1977-1985. The staff files are files,
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2013.0118 GREIG SMITH MEMORIAL LIBRARY RECORDS 1971-1987 Access: Open
This series comprises the minutes of the committee of management meetings, financial records, correspondence, a published history and other official documents relating to the foundation and operation of the Greig Smith Memorial Library and related fund, established by the CWS to commemorate the life and work of Mr Stanley Greig Smith (1884-1970). The library was merged into the then Department of
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2013.0138 JAMBOREE DAILY 1948-1956 Access: Open
This series is made up of three editions, from three Jamborees, of the large format publication Jamboree Daily. The Jamboree Daily was a newspaper produced for the and during the Jamboree, documenting activities and news throughout the event. The series was transferred from the RMIT Social Policy Archive where it had been transferred in the 1990s as part of a collection strategy to capture the r
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2013.0140 ADMINISTRATION FILES 1972-1989 Access: Open
This series comprises two sequences of subject files containing documents relating to the administration and operations of the Victorian Youth Advocacy Network. The first three Units contain administrative files, two files relate to induction for staff and management; one file is title “membership 1993” and despite the date, appears to relate to a span beginning in the late 1980s. Two files relat
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2013.0141 RESOURCE FILES 1970-1990 Access: Open
This series comprises resource material being copies of book chapters, journal articles, government reports and publications, copies of materials created and used by organisations retained here for reference use. Each article etc is held in its own file, numbered in a straight sequential sequence; there is no known index. The records were held and used by the State College of Victoria, Coburg for
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2013.0142 REFERENCE FILES AND ANNUAL REPORTS 1948-1977 Access: Open
This collection comprises a number of reference files, newsletters and annual reports. The reference files date from the 1950s and are held in small format folders, area list of games and other activities that can be used by personnel in the provision of services to young people. Each folder is titled however they seem to form a fragment of a larger manual of such material, the other volumes, if
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2013.0143 PRESS CUTTINGS AND PUBLICATIONS 1904-1986 Access: Open
This collection comprises multiple volumes of press cuttings from various news publications; also a history of the Geelong YWCA titled “The Story” covering the years 1886-1936; also the YWCA Geelong handbook from 1981. Some of the records are water damaged. The series was transferred from the RMIT Social Policy Archive where it had been transferred in the 1990s as part of a collection strategy to
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2013.0144 CONSULTATION AND ANNUAL REPORTS 1960-1982 Access: Open
This collection comprises a number of published reports of Australian Frontier Inc into specific social issues or problems. Each report is a discrete study of something such as a problem in a specific community or more broadly such as the issue of the funding of political parties in Australia. Unit three contains a number of newsletters from the organisation. The reports were commissioned by and
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2013.0145 COUNCIL REPORTS 1960-1973 Access: Open
This series are the published reports being titled “A record of the …th Council meeting held at…..“. Each volume includes an address by a dignitary, minutes, financial reports and statements, officers’ reports, details of elections and other information concerning the Council’s activities. Many of the reports are highly detailed. Annual volumes exist across the range of 1960-1973 inclusive, howe
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2013.0146 TRAINING SYLLABUS 1970-1970 Access: Open
Series comprises a single item booklet which is a prospectus for the Youth Leadership Diploma Course offered by the Institute of Social Welfare, Hawthorn and approved by the Social Welfare Training Council; the Institute of Social Welfare was the name given to the Victorian Government’s Social Welfare department’s Training Division headquarters. One of the stated purposes of the three year course
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2013.0147 SECOND SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS 1977-1977 Access: Open
This series is a single publication, being the conference proceedings of the Academy’s second symposium. The volume has multiple author attribution viz: Ford, W. Street, A.A./ Williamson, J./ Hughes, B./ Blandy, R.J./ Musgrave, P.W./ O'Neill, J./ Gorman, A./ Hamilton-Smith, E./ Sheehan, P./ Limbrick, J.F., Henderson, Ronald F and its full title is: Proceedings of the Second Symposium of the Acad
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2013.0149 TERTIARY REPRESENTATIVE MEMBER PAPERS 1984-1986 Access: Open
These two files are the collected papers of Mr David Maunders, the Tertiary Sector representative on the National Steering Committee. The files contain agenda, minutes, submissions, reports and correspondence associated with the activities of the Committee, its workings and matters considered. The files are not titled though both have “NSC” printed on their sides. The series was transferred from
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2013.0122 Administration records of the Citizens Welfare Service Of Victoria 1946-1987 Access: Open
This series is a composite of various administrative records taken into the RMIT Social Policy Archive from the Citizen Welfare Service of Victoria and previously arranged into separate series. During processing into UMA the series were combined into a single grouping based on their lack of other suitable arrangement and that they documented the administration of the CWS as opposed to its strictl
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2013.0148 Administration records of the RMIT Social Policy Archive 1992-1997 Access: Open
These records are a small collection of administrative files retained by the archivist running the RMIT Social Policy Archive. The files document such things as policy development, records destruction, transfer histories from creating agencies and handbooks. The bulk of the files however, are the accession lists/sheets, showing the sequential transfer of the records into the archives.
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2013.0127 Administrative records and publications of the Opportunity Clubs 1939-1972 Access: Open
This collection is comprised of a single file with records concerning the foundation, make up and functions of the Opportunity Clubs; annual reports and some publications. The single file contains the Opportunity Clubs Policy Statement, constitution, organisation chart, membership pledge, standard letter to parents of new members, brief summary of the Group System and Managing Committee order of
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2013.0129 Administrative records and publications of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria 1968-1995 Access: Open
This series comprises records documenting aspects of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria’s administration such as minutes and job descriptions and various publications it produced, such as the Youth Affairs Journal and the Youth Affairs Newsletter. The administrative records are comprised of two items of minutes of the Management Committee of the Council of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria
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2013.0130 Administrative records and publications of the Youth Council of Victoria 1948-1998 Access: Open
This collection comprises records documenting aspects of the Youth Council of Victoria’s administration such as its annual reports, Executive Committee and General Meeting minutes and pattern files, (containing minutes, reports and papers). Also found in the collection is an index to the files in 2013.0131 and various audio visual records of the organisation’s activities. The remainder of the col
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2013.0126 Administrative records and publications of the Youth Workers Association of Victoria 1966-1980 Access: Open
This collection comprises a range of records and publications documenting the activities of the Youth Workers Association of Victoria. The records include the minutes of the Executive of the Youth Workers Association of Victoria, correspondence and administration files, newsletters and other publications and annual reports. The correspondence and administration files comprise the bulk of the col
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2013.0119 Client records of the Citizens Welfare Service Of Victoria 1933-1987 Access: Restricted
This series is formed from a number of client focussed records created by the CWS and transferred to the RMIT Social Policy Archive prior to their subsequent transfer to the UMA. Originally, this series was broken into 7 series and during processing these were grouped together into this series due to their like function and information content. The series was taken from boxes numbered 159-160, 29
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2013.0139 Correspondence of the Victorian Youth Advocacy Network 1988-1993 Access: Open
These records comprise the correspondence of the Victorian Youth Advocacy Network. The records appear to have originally been held in folders and were placed into files during processing. The correspondence is organised in two sequences, inwards and outwards, in chronological order; some groups have dividers denoting months, separating the letters. The letters relate to all aspects of the organis
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