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released: 12 Jun 1998 author: AIHW media release

Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory community services departments for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions reported to state and Territory community services departments during that year, and all children legally available for adoption at 30 June 1997. It also provides information on the number of requests made for information and the number of contact and information vetoes lodged by adopted persons, adoptive parents, birth parents and other relatives.

ISSN 1320-081X; ISBN 978 0 642 24765 0; Cat. no. CWS 4; 54pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Recommended citation

AIHW 1998. Adoptions Australia 1996-97. Child Welfare Series no. 20. Cat. no. CWS 4. Canberra: AIHW.