The Visitors’ Books, Series ID 988, relate to the Westbrook Reformatory, Lytton Reformatory, Diamantina Reformatory, and Hulk ‘Proserpine’ Reformatory. They record both official and unofficial visitors to the Westbrook reformatory. Among the official visitors were Visiting Justices, Visiting Medical Officers, researchers from international institutions, ministers of religion, etc. Information recorded includes: date of visit, visitor’s…
This series contains case files for children admitted to the Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys, and Westbrook Reformatory and Farm Home for Boys. Case files were created for each child to document details of their stay at the institution. The Case Files can include documents such as complaints and summons…
The Discharge Register, Series ID 550, relates to Reformatory School for Boys – Hulk Proserpine, Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys and Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. The Discharge Register records information about boys upon their discharge from the reformatory, including number, date of discharge, name, age, physical description, by what authority…
The Visiting Medical Officers’ Journals, Series ID 989, relate to boys’ reformatories in Queensland, including Westbrook, Diamantina Reformatory, Lytton Reformatory, and the Hulk ‘Proserpine’ Reformatory . They provide a record of medical attention provided to boys in the institutions during the periodic visits made by the Visiting Medical Officer. Information recorded in the Journals includes:…
The Commission of Inquiry Exhibits consists of exhibits (depositions, correspondence, extracts from the State Children Acts, statutory declarations, newspaper clippings, copies of official records from the institution, etc.) tendered before the 1961 Inquiry into the Farm Home for Boys Westbrook. The exhibits relate to circumstances surrounding the escape of boys from Westbrook in May 1961,…
The Investigation Files (Westbrook Training Centre) were created by the Childrens’ Services Department and subsequent Departments responsible for juvenile justice to record investigations into incidents at Westbrook occurring between 1971 and 1994. There are 17 files in this series, which date from 1971-1975, and 1991-1994. The files include depositions, reports, recommendations, notes from interviews, inter-departmental…
The Letterbooks of the Superintendent of the Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba, Series ID 16295, contain copies of outgoing correspondence related to the School. Much of the correspondence in this series relates to individual children, who are named. Topics covered by the correspondence includes occurrences at the school, movement of children between institutions…
The Admission Register for the Industrial School for Girls, Toowoomba, Series ID 6594, contains details about girls admitted to the Industrial School for Girls, Toowoomba. Entries record details of each girl entering the school, including name, admission number, birthplace and immigration information, religion, age, physical description, education or trade, and other remarks. A digitised copy…
SOWES229 is a series consisting of records created by the Social Welfare Department of the Anglican Diocese (and its predecessor, the Home Mission Fund). Some of the records in this series relate to the Industrial School for Girls, Clayfield; St Mary’s Home, Toowong; St Mary’s Home, Taringa; Tufnell Home; Enoggera Boys’s Home; Anglican Children’s Home,…
Records created by Anglicare and its affiliated agencies, Series number ANGLS230, is an archival series at the Anglican Records and Archives Centre, Brisbane. It contains a range of records relating to a number of Anglican out-of-home care institutions. Access Conditions Access to some of these records is restricted to protect personal privacy. Many of these…
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