• Archival Item

M135 Hagley Area Farm School

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Please contact Research Enquiries, Tasmanian Archives:

Postal address: 91 Murray St, Hobart TAS 7000

Phone: (03) 6165 5538 or (03) 6165 5541

Website: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/get-help/help-with-research-and-finding-information/

Reference Number

Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Item Number, AA59/1/109

Records Location

These records are part of Migrant Files (1945 - 1982).

Details

M135 Hagley Area Farm School contains correspondence between the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and the School. It includes the names of child migrants.

Access Conditions

Open

Records

The correspondence includes:

  • Queries about which boys are still at the School.
  • Individual boys, for instance, about reunification with their parents.
  • Maintenance payments from the Fairbridge Society.
  • Child Welfare Officers’ reports on the progress of individual boys.
  • A newspaper clipping concerning the arrival of two Scottish boys.
  • A request to Hagley to accept girls in order to boost the School’s child migrant numbers.
  • The acceptable age range of the new child migrants, which was 8 to 13.
  • Progress with building a child migrant cottage.
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