Services in Australia and New Zealand

• Australian Capital Territory - Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services
• Northern Territory - Department of Health and Community Services
• New South Wales - Department of Community Services
• Queensland - Department of Child Safety
• South Australia - Adoption and Family Information Service
• Tasmania - Department of Health and Human Services
• Victoria - Department of Human Services
• Western Australia - Department for Community Development
• New Zealand - Department of Child, Youth and Family

Resources

• Department of Child and Youth Health (South Australia)
• The Family Court of Australia
• Youth Court of South Australia
• Australasian Legal Information Institute - database of Australian laws
• Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption
• Library of the Department for Families and Communities
  The library has a very good collection of books and other publications on adoption topics. AFIS also has a bibliography of the adoptions collection in this library (including videos and CDs).