Table of contents

  • Contributing departments
  • List of tables
  • List  of figures
  • Preface
  • Summary.
  • 1 Introduction 
  • 2 Scope and  coverage.
  • 3 Children under care and protection orders  in Australia
  •  4 Children under care and  protection orders  1992-93
    • All care  and  protection orders
    • Guardianship orders
    • Non-guardianship orders
    • Placement  type
    • Characteristics of children  living with parents  or relatives
    • Characteristics of children living in foster care
    • Characteristics of children  living in residential  child care
    • Changes over  time
  • 5 Detailed tables
  • 6 Legislative definition of 'in need of care and protection'
  •  7 Types  of non-guardianship orders  in each State  and  Territory
  • 8 Explanation of  terms
  • 9 Related  legislation
  • 10 Related AIHW  publications