doi.org/10.1017/S031289700000117X
Article type: Original Research
1 July 1978
Volume 3 Issue 1
doi.org/10.1017/S031289700000117X
Article type: Original Research
1 July 1978
Volume 3 Issue 1
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Insecure Families: Early Adoption Practice in New South Wales
Michael Horsburgh1
Affiliations
1 Social Administration, Department of Social Work, University of Sydney
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Michael Horsburgh1
Affiliations
1 Social Administration, Department of Social Work, University of Sydney
CITATION: Horsburgh M. (1978). Insecure Families: Early Adoption Practice in New South Wales. Children Australia, 3(1), 155. doi.org/10.1017/S031289700000117X
Abstract
Effective legal provision for the adoption of children was not introduced into New South Wales until the passage of the Child Welfare Act of 1923. This paper examines some of the less formal and less effective practices which preceded that Act. The lack of adequate legislation affected all of those arrangements, creating problems out of issues which are today assumed to be solved. The early difficulties are seen to shed some light on modern discussions.