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Quote this number to access your records: Queensland State Archives Series ID, 998
These records are held by Queensland State Archives.
The General Correspondence, Series ID 998, relates to the Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys, Westbrook Reformatory for Boys and Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook. The series contains two files. The first file (dated 1885-1937) contains general correspondence received by the Superintendent of the reformatory, and typically relates to arrangements for official guests, transfer of boys to orphanages, requisitions, and appointment or transfer of Water Police for the period when the reformatory was conducted on the Hulk Proserpine. The second file, dated 1889-1941, contains requests from members of the public for boys from the reformatory to be hired out to them. This correspondence does not contain the names of individual boys hired out.
Access to these files is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy. To apply for access to these records please contact Queensland State Archives.