Abstract
This article examines two periods in the history of Victoria's child welfare system—the years following the implementation of a government-run system of industrial and reformatory schools in 1864, and the World War II era—with a particular focus on exploring the ways in which families resisted the ‘solutions’ imposed by the state. Although these periods were widely separated in time, both were marked by a high dependence on institutional placement, which presented families with particular opportunities for contestation. They were also eras in which the relationships between families and welfare authorities were experiencing rapid change, meaning that authorities were, out of necessity, more willing to negotiate with parents than during times when their authority was less challenged.
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