Government Departments

Public Records Office Victoria
Adoption and Family Record Service (Adoption, Wardship and Related Records)
16th Floor, Transport House
589 Collins St
Melbourne 3000
Ph: 9616 2822
Manager: Maureen.Cleary@dhs.vic.gov.au
http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide060/PROVguide060.jsp

Department of Human Services
Adoption and Permanent Care Program
Adoption services such as relinquishment counselling, applicant assessment, placement of children and post-placement supervision.
http://www.cyf.vic.gov.au/adoption-permanent-care

AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)
Adoption Service Information
(lists a variety of adoption organisations and links)
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/fhu/start.html

Department of Community Services
Adoption information
(Provides a wide range of services in NSW for people who are adopted and want to find out about their birth family, for birth parents who are making an adoption decision or who want to be in contact with their child, and for adoptive parents).
http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCS/STANDARD/PC_101070.htm
New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
(Records of legal adoptions in New South Wales)
191 Thomas Street
Haymarket
NSW 2000
Ph: 1300 655 236
Postal:
GPO Box 30
Sydney
NSW 2001
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/adoptions/adoptions.htm

Department for Families and Communities
Adoption and Family Information Service
(Dealing with all adoption-related matters in South Australia such as present and past adoptions, intercountry adoptions, information about United Kingdom adoptions, and searching for birth relatives.)
http://www.adoptions.sa.gov.au

Department of Communities: Child Safety Services
Adoption information
(The Department of Child Safety is responsible for administering adoption legislation and providing statutory services to parents considering adoption for their children, children requiring adoptive placements, people seeking to adopt children and eligible adults affected by adoption seeking information).
http://www.childsafety.qld.gov.au/adoption/

Births, Deaths and Marriages (Adoptions)
110 George Street
Brisbane
QLD 4000
PO Box 15188
City East
QLD 4002
Ph: 1300 366 430 or (07) 3247 9203
Fax: (07) 3247 5818
Email: bdm-mail@justice.qld.gov.au
http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/justice-services/births-deaths-and-marriages/adoptions

Department for Child Protection
(Information for those considering adopting a child, relinquishing a child for adoption or wanting to find out about an adoption that occurred in the past)
http://www.community.wa.gov.au/DCP/Resources/Adoption/

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Level 10
141 St Georges Terrace
Perth
WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9264 1555
Fax: (08) 9264 1599
Information line (local call): 1300 305 021
Change of name: (08) 9264 1518
Faxback: 1902 240 550 (must have a phone/fax machine)
http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/justice-services/births-deaths-and-marriages/adoptions

Northern Territory Archive Service
Protocol for access to Northern Territory government records by Aboriginal people researching their families
http://www.nt.gov.au/dcis/nta/research/aborig_access.html

Department of Health and Human Services
Adoption and Information Service
(The Service coordinates and manages adoptions in Tasmania, including arrangements for Tasmanian-born and overseas children, step-parent, and relative adoptions. The service provides information and counselling to adopted people, birth parents, relatives and adoptive parents. The service also maintains an Adoption Information Register that contains the names and addresses of people affected by adoption, with details of their wishes about exchange or disclosure of information and contact)
http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/services/view.php?id=390