Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Adoptions in Australia 2002-03
      • Introduction.
      • Categories of adoption
      • Overview of adoptions 2002-03
      • Trends in adoption
    2. Detailed information
      • Placement adoptions
      • 'Known' child adoptions
      • Permanent care orders
      • Adoption of Indigenous children
      • Access to information
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      1. Summary of legislation
      2. Glossary
      3. Provisions for 'open' adoptions
      4. Appendix tables
      5. Countries party to the Hague Convention
      6. Access to information and veto systems
    • References