The Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba, run by the government, was established on 1 April 1881. It was previously the Toowoomba jail. The superintendent and matron of the jail were appointed superintendent and matron of the school under the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act of 1865. Under the Act, children under the age of fifteen who were unmanageable or incorrigible, or with convictions, were sent to reformatories while those from unwholesome environments were sent to industrial schools to be trained for employment. The School was re-named The Industrial School for Girls, Toowoomba, in around 1890.
From
1 April 1881
To
c. 1890
Alternative Names
Reformatory School
1 April 1881 - 1890
The Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls was situated at Margaret Street, Toowoomba, Queensland (Building Demolished)
Subsequent