• Archival Series

Commission of Inquiry Exhibits, Farm Home for Boys Westbrook

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Reference Number

Quote this number to access your records: Queensland State Archives Series ID, 995

Records Location

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Details

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, and the welfare of the boys generally. A list of all exhibits appears at the front of each volume. Exhibits are listed numerically.

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