Michael Horsburgh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Horsburgh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Horsburgh |
| SIGNATURE | HORSBURGH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Personal Reflections on Australian Social Work
Michael Horsburgh retired from the University of Sydney in 1999. From 1968 to 1987 he was a member of the editorial committee of Australian Social Work; he was its Business Manager from 1968 to 197
Issues in Developing a Social Security Appeals System
The development of social security systems in the West has led to the growth of administrative law provisions by which citizens can appeal against the decisions of officials. This paper discusses a number of issues involved in this development. It locates social security appeals amongst a number of different processes of policy implementation. The paper raises the important question of whether such appeal systems can work in different cultures. I…
Middle axioms and social policy: An Australian perspective
Words and Deeds: Christianity and Social Welfare
This paper examines possible relationships between the Christian religion and the development of social welfare in countries like Australia. The relationship is extensive, but not without its difficulties. Different Christian traditions are Identified and specific problems discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion of ‘middle axioms’ as a means of relating religion to social policy
Australian Social Security Appeals
Early developments in the Australian system of provision for poor people led first to voluntary charitable assistance and then to a more generalized system of social security. A national scheme of old age pensions came in only in 1908; and social assistance schemes, as well as demogrants for defined statuses have gradually spread throughout the Australian Commonwealth. Specific provisions to meet crisis situations remain the responsibility of ind…
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
In 1975 the Commonwealth Government established the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, its first attempt at an external review of decision. The Tribunal has offered new avenues of activities for social workers, as members of the Tribunal itself, as advocates before it and as advisers to appellants. This paper examines the need for such a process, the structure and operations of the Tribunal and its possible future. The Social Security Act has crea…
Her Father's Daughter Florence Davenport-Hill, 1829-1919
{Florence Hill was member of an English family with an impressive record in various aspects of Victorian social reform. As time passed, the members of the Hill family grew in social status and declined in reforming zeal. Florence, her sisters Rosamond and Joanna, and her cousin Caroline Emily Clark represented the last stage in the process. As middle class spinsters they expressed their views in an appropriate form, but managed nevertheless to ha…
No Sufficient Security: The Reaction of the Poor Law Authorities to Boarding-Out
The period from 1860 to 1870 saw the growth of a campaign to persuade the Poor Law Board to accept the practice of boarding-out pauper children. This paper examines the nature of the requests made to the board and the responses they elicited. The deterrent aspects of the New Poor Law and the difficulty of securing proper supervision of foster placements were the main objections raised in the board's office. Changes occurred through the direct int…
The apprenticing of dependent children in New South Wales between 1850 and 1885
Subsidy and control: Social welfare activities of the New South Wales government, 1858–1910
(1977). Subsidy and control: Social welfare activities of the New South Wales government, 1858–1910. Journal of Australian Studies: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 64-92
Child Care in New South Wales in 1890
This is the last of three papers outlining some aspects of child care in nineteenth-century New South Wales. The first described government policies in 1870 when the only form of alternative care for children was provided in institutional settings.1 The second described the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children as an example of a large subsidised organization at a time when the favoured method of providing for dependent children changed to foste…
The Randwick Asylum: Organizational Resistance to Social Change
The Society for the Relief of Destitute Children began at a meeting held in 1852.1 It was legislated out of existence in 1916.2 In the sixty-four years of its existence it became the doyen of the voluntary charities of Sydney, attracted more favourable subsidy arrangements from the government than any of its competitors and suffered a rapid decline when it was unable to adapt to changing views of child care. This paper demonstrates how the rigidi…
Child Care in New South Wales in 1870
In the year 1870, 2,498 children passed through the charitable institutions of New South Wales. Lest the number of children be thought to be small, it might be noted that the population was about 500,000 and that the children represented, therefore, 0.5 per cent of all the persons in the Colony. In comparison, in 1972/3, 6,079 children, approximately 0.1 per cent of the population, passed through the institutions of the New South Wales Child Welf…
Ethical Issues in Preventive Programmes for Mental Health
“ ‘In that direction,’ said the Cat, waving its right paw round, ‘lives a Hatter: and in that direction,’ waving the other paw, ‘lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: They're both mad.’
Public Documents and Legislation: The South Australian Juvenile Courts Act, 1971, and Community Welfare Act, 1972
The Juvenile Courts Act repeals previous arrangements for Juvenile Courts in South Australia and introduces non-judicial treatment of juveniles in some cases. The Community Welfare Act consolidates a number of social welfare provisions previously covered by separate Acts, introduces a regional administration of services and provides for community involvement in social welfare. The two Acts are related to the extent that arrangements for assessmen…
Child Care in New South Wales in 1870
In the year 1870, 2,498 children passed through the charitable institutions of New South Wales. Lest the number of children be thought to be small, it might be noted that the population was about 500,000 and that the children represented, therefore, 0.5 per cent of all the persons in the Colony. In comparison, in 1972/3, 6,079 children, approximately 0.1 per cent of the population, passed through the institutions of the New South Wales Child Welf…
The Randwick Asylum: Organizational Resistance to Social Change
The Society for the Relief of Destitute Children began at a meeting held in 1852.1 It was legislated out of existence in 1916.2 In the sixty-four years of its existence it became the doyen of the voluntary charities of Sydney, attracted more favourable subsidy arrangements from the government than any of its competitors and suffered a rapid decline when it was unable to adapt to changing views of child care. This paper demonstrates how the rigidi…
Child Care in New South Wales in 1890
This is the last of three papers outlining some aspects of child care in nineteenth-century New South Wales. The first described government policies in 1870 when the only form of alternative care for children was provided in institutional settings.1 The second described the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children as an example of a large subsidised organization at a time when the favoured method of providing for dependent children changed to foste…
Words and Deeds: Christianity and Social Welfare
This paper examines possible relationships between the Christian religion and the development of social welfare in countries like Australia. The relationship is extensive, but not without its difficulties. Different Christian traditions are Identified and specific problems discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion of ‘middle axioms’ as a means of relating religion to social policy
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
In 1975 the Commonwealth Government established the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, its first attempt at an external review of decision. The Tribunal has offered new avenues of activities for social workers, as members of the Tribunal itself, as advocates before it and as advisers to appellants. This paper examines the need for such a process, the structure and operations of the Tribunal and its possible future. The Social Security Act has crea…
The apprenticing of dependent children in New South Wales between 1850 and 1885
Public Documents and Legislation: The South Australian Juvenile Courts Act, 1971, and Community Welfare Act, 1972
The Juvenile Courts Act repeals previous arrangements for Juvenile Courts in South Australia and introduces non-judicial treatment of juveniles in some cases. The Community Welfare Act consolidates a number of social welfare provisions previously covered by separate Acts, introduces a regional administration of services and provides for community involvement in social welfare. The two Acts are related to the extent that arrangements for assessmen…
Her Father's Daughter Florence Davenport-Hill, 1829-1919
{Florence Hill was member of an English family with an impressive record in various aspects of Victorian social reform. As time passed, the members of the Hill family grew in social status and declined in reforming zeal. Florence, her sisters Rosamond and Joanna, and her cousin Caroline Emily Clark represented the last stage in the process. As middle class spinsters they expressed their views in an appropriate form, but managed nevertheless to ha…
Public Documents and Legislation: The South Australian Juvenile Courts Act, 1971, and Community Welfare Act, 1972
The Juvenile Courts Act repeals previous arrangements for Juvenile Courts in South Australia and introduces non-judicial treatment of juveniles in some cases. The Community Welfare Act consolidates a number of social welfare provisions previously covered by separate Acts, introduces a regional administration of services and provides for community involvement in social welfare. The two Acts are related to the extent that arrangements for assessmen…
Ethical Issues in Preventive Programmes for Mental Health
“ ‘In that direction,’ said the Cat, waving its right paw round, ‘lives a Hatter: and in that direction,’ waving the other paw, ‘lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: They're both mad.’
Child Care in New South Wales in 1870
In the year 1870, 2,498 children passed through the charitable institutions of New South Wales. Lest the number of children be thought to be small, it might be noted that the population was about 500,000 and that the children represented, therefore, 0.5 per cent of all the persons in the Colony. In comparison, in 1972/3, 6,079 children, approximately 0.1 per cent of the population, passed through the institutions of the New South Wales Child Welf…
Subsidy and control: Social welfare activities of the New South Wales government, 1858–1910
(1977). Subsidy and control: Social welfare activities of the New South Wales government, 1858–1910. Journal of Australian Studies: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 64-92
Child Care in New South Wales in 1890
This is the last of three papers outlining some aspects of child care in nineteenth-century New South Wales. The first described government policies in 1870 when the only form of alternative care for children was provided in institutional settings.1 The second described the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children as an example of a large subsidised organization at a time when the favoured method of providing for dependent children changed to foste…
The Randwick Asylum: Organizational Resistance to Social Change
The Society for the Relief of Destitute Children began at a meeting held in 1852.1 It was legislated out of existence in 1916.2 In the sixty-four years of its existence it became the doyen of the voluntary charities of Sydney, attracted more favourable subsidy arrangements from the government than any of its competitors and suffered a rapid decline when it was unable to adapt to changing views of child care. This paper demonstrates how the rigidi…
The apprenticing of dependent children in New South Wales between 1850 and 1885
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
In 1975 the Commonwealth Government established the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, its first attempt at an external review of decision. The Tribunal has offered new avenues of activities for social workers, as members of the Tribunal itself, as advocates before it and as advisers to appellants. This paper examines the need for such a process, the structure and operations of the Tribunal and its possible future. The Social Security Act has crea…
Her Father's Daughter Florence Davenport-Hill, 1829-1919
{Florence Hill was member of an English family with an impressive record in various aspects of Victorian social reform. As time passed, the members of the Hill family grew in social status and declined in reforming zeal. Florence, her sisters Rosamond and Joanna, and her cousin Caroline Emily Clark represented the last stage in the process. As middle class spinsters they expressed their views in an appropriate form, but managed nevertheless to ha…
No Sufficient Security: The Reaction of the Poor Law Authorities to Boarding-Out
The period from 1860 to 1870 saw the growth of a campaign to persuade the Poor Law Board to accept the practice of boarding-out pauper children. This paper examines the nature of the requests made to the board and the responses they elicited. The deterrent aspects of the New Poor Law and the difficulty of securing proper supervision of foster placements were the main objections raised in the board's office. Changes occurred through the direct int…
Australian Social Security Appeals
Early developments in the Australian system of provision for poor people led first to voluntary charitable assistance and then to a more generalized system of social security. A national scheme of old age pensions came in only in 1908; and social assistance schemes, as well as demogrants for defined statuses have gradually spread throughout the Australian Commonwealth. Specific provisions to meet crisis situations remain the responsibility of ind…
Words and Deeds: Christianity and Social Welfare
This paper examines possible relationships between the Christian religion and the development of social welfare in countries like Australia. The relationship is extensive, but not without its difficulties. Different Christian traditions are Identified and specific problems discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion of ‘middle axioms’ as a means of relating religion to social policy
Middle axioms and social policy: An Australian perspective
Issues in Developing a Social Security Appeals System
The development of social security systems in the West has led to the growth of administrative law provisions by which citizens can appeal against the decisions of officials. This paper discusses a number of issues involved in this development. It locates social security appeals amongst a number of different processes of policy implementation. The paper raises the important question of whether such appeal systems can work in different cultures. I…
Personal Reflections on Australian Social Work
Michael Horsburgh retired from the University of Sydney in 1999. From 1968 to 1987 he was a member of the editorial committee of Australian Social Work; he was its Business Manager from 1968 to 197
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