National Services

 

Forced Adoption Support Service (FASS)

Ph: 1800 21 03 13 (this number will connect you to the service in the State you are calling from).

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Intercountry Adoptions

Relationship Matters Intercountry Adoption Support Services

Ph: 1300 543 396

E: icasupport@relationshipmatters.com.au

Web: http://relationshipmatters.com.au/all-services/icasupport/ 

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International Social Services (ISS) **fees may apply for some services

Phone: 1300 657 843

Email: iss@iss.org.au

www.iss.org.au 

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State Services

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For adoption records, it is necessary to contact the State in which the adoption occurred and it is possible to find each State in Australia operating under different guidelines and legislation.

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Queensland

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Adoption Services (Queensland Gov)

(to apply for adoption records)
Department of Child Safety, Youth & Women

Locked Bag 3405

BRISBANE  QLD  4001

Phone: 07 3097 5100

Toll Free: 1800 647 983

ads@csyw.qld.gov.au

https://www.qld.gov.au/community/caring-child/adoption/post-adoption-support-services

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Time in Care Information Access Service (TICIAS)

(For information about time in care, right to information, information privacy and screening.) 

Department of Child Safety, Youth & Women

Locked Bag 3405

BRISBANE  QLD  4001

Phone: 07 309705603

Toll Free: 1800 809 078

rti@csyw.qld.gov.au

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Right to Information

(For information about other records held by the Dept of Child Safety, Youth and Women.) 

Right to Information, Redress & Screening. 
Locked Bag 3405

BRISBANE  QLD  4001

Phone: 07 309705603

Toll Free: 1800 809 078

E: rti@csyw.qld.gov.au

Fax: (07) 3097 5606

https://www.csyw.qld.gov.au/about-us/right-information

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Registrar General
Births, Deaths & Marriages

(applications require an Authorisation Form supplied by Adoption Services)
Level 32 180 Ann Street
PO Box 15188
BRISBANE,  QLD  4002
Phone:  13 74 68

https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces

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Post Adoption Support Queensland (PASQ)
Postal address: 189 Coronation Drive

MILTON  Q 4064

Phone: 07 3170 4600

Toll Free: 1300 236 762

pasq@benevolent.org.au

https://www.benevolent.org.au/services-and-programs/list-of-programs/post-adoption-support-qld

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Link-Up (Qld) (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People)
3/5 Reifd Street

WOOLOONGABBA QLD  4102

Phone: 07 3638 0411

Toll Free: 1800 200 855

E: contact@link-upqld.org.au

http://www.link-upqld.org.au/

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New South Wales

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Adoption Information Unit
223-239 Liverpool Road

ASHFIELD NSW  2131

Locked Bag 4001, Ashfield NSW 1800

Toll Free: 1300 799 023

https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/adoption/finding-info

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Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC)

Level 4, 7-11 The Avenue,

Hurstville, NSW, 1481

Phone: 1800 236 762 (ask for PARC)

parc@benevolent.org.au

https://www.benevolent.org.au/services-and-programs/list-of-programs/post-adoption-resource-centre-nsw

 

NSW Special Search Service (offered by International Social Services)

Toll Free: 1300 657 843

E: sss@155.org.au

Website address: https://www.iss.org.au/our-services/nsw-special-search-service/

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Western Australia

 

Post Adoption Information & Services
Department of Communities

4 Newman Court

Freemantle WA 6160

Locked Bag 5000

Freemantle WA 6959

Tel: 08 9286 5200

http://www.childprotection.wa.gov.au/

 

Adoption Research & Counselling Services (ARCS)
301 Railway Pde

Maylands WA 6051

PO Box 593 Marylands WA 6931

Phone: 08 9370 4914

https://www.adoptionwa.org.au/

 

Adoption Jigsaw WA
176 Fitzgerald Street

NORTH PERTH WA 6000

PO Box 512, North Perth, WA 6906

Phone: 08 9328 4000

E: jigsaw@jigsaw.org.au

www.jigsaw.org.au

 

Jigsaw DNA Connect

(for people who are donor conceived, their parents and donors)

176 Fitzgerald Street, North Perth WA 6000

PO Box 512, North Perth, WA 6906

08 9228 2647

E: jigsawdna@jigsaw.org.au

Web: http://www.jigsawdna.org.au