Unit TypeType 1 IdentifierUMA-UN-000079448Series[UMA-SR-000001749] Child Welfare HistoryAccession[2008.0060] PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS OF LEONARD J TIERNEYDate Range1972-1991DescriptionPapers and reports, general. Comprises of reports including published organisational annual reports, copies of research and discussion papers, publications relating to child care and child care services, newsletters, and newspaper clippings including:
1. Copies of ‘Submissions on children and youth in institutions’, a report by Len Tierney, Reader in Social Work, Melbourne University, dated 30th September 1982. The paper is marked restricted, and appears to be comparative research and statistical interpretation of data relating to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children in custody. The paper makes recommendations and reference to “Poor Law”.
2. Department of Social Services, statistics on adoptions in Victoria 1972-1973.
3. Typed copy of confidential 1984: ‘Interim Report: A future for St Augustines’ [sic], created by Tierney.
4. Copy of 1987 study of the American Casey Family Program.
5. Copy of 1989 research paper: ‘St Augustine Boys’ and their families: outcomes and states’Access StatusAccess restrictions applyEMu IRN106632
2008.0060 Unit 0015, [UMA-UN-000079448]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 25/06/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/165114
