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Adoption of Children Ordinance 1938 (Cth) (363kb) Provisions

Child Welfare Agreement Ordinance 1941 (Cth) (485kb) Provisions

Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1941 (87kb) Provisions

Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Ordinance 1949 (Cth) (117kb) Provisions

Aborigines Welfare Ordinance 1954 (Cth) (350kb) Provisions

Child Welfare Ordinance 1957 (html) Provisions

Infants Custody and Settlement Ordinance 1956 (Cth) (328kb) Provisions

Adoption of Children Ordinance 1965 (Cth) (html) Provisions

Children's Services Ordinance 1986 (Cth) (html) Provisions

Adoption Act 1993 (ACT) (html) Provisions

Photograph Sunset Story
© Heide Smith 1996

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