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released: 15 Feb 1999 media release

Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory community services departments for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998. 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 1998. 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 24794 0; Cat. no. CWS 7; 55pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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AIHW 1999. Adoptions Australia 1997-98. Child Welfare Series no. 22. Cat. no. CWS 7. Canberra: AIHW.