Correspondence And Documents Relating To Committals [Industrial Schools Branch] were extracted from the ‘Sobraon’ Entrance book, 1897-1900, in which they had been inserted. The relevant page numbers are noted in pencil on each letter and document. They are a bundle of documents that includes: letters from parents about their sons who were on the Training…
The Placement Book [Industrial Schools Branch] is a record of the apprenticeship of boys from the Sobraon Training Ship from 1904 to 1911. The volume records information about the boy’s name and age; to whom they were apprenticed; and details of the apprenticeship. There is an index in the front of the volume. Access Conditions…
Miscellaneous Photographs, Newscuttings And Invitations Relating To NSS ‘Sobraon’ [Industrial Schools Branch] are a bundle of records includes newscuttings, sporting programs and photographs of ‘Sobraon’ boys. Access Conditions These records are Open access. To access these records please contact State Archives NSW.
The amount of information available in these records varies depending on the time period. Earlier records are less comprehensive than records dating from the 1960s. Information given may include mother’s name, address, where transferred from, age, occupation, and religion. Later records also include the mother’s date of birth and, occasionally, details of next of kin….
Birth registers list all the births, including still births, at the Hospital. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled…
The amount of information available in these records varies depending on the time period. Earlier records are less comprehensive than records dating from the 1960s. Information given may include mother’s name, address, where transferred from, age, occupation, and religion. Later records also include the mother’s date of birth and, occasionally, details of next of kin….
Entrance Books [Industrial Schools Branch] are 5 volumes that record details of the apprehension and committal of boys to the Training Ship Sobraon. The information they record includes: the boy’s name; reason for committal to the Training Ship; and length of committal. The volumes are indexed. Access Conditions These records are open access. To access…
The Obstetric Records from the Royal North Shore Hospital were kept in bound volumes for the period 1943 to 1963. According to Connecting Kin (1998), not all of these records have been retained. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating…
The Medical Records from the Royal North Shore Hospital used a new system from 1963. Previously, separate Obstetric Medical Records were kept. From 1963, the centralised unit record was used for information about obstetric and general admissions. It is difficult to determine the exact number of obstetric records in this series, or which records relate…
These books are similar to birth registers. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. (The records for the following dates are missing: 25 Jul.-Dec. 1948.) Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information…
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