'Sobraon' Training Ship (1892 - 1911)

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Military Drill Aboard the NSS Sobaron, 1890s, courtesy of State Archives NSW.
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1892

To

1911

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Home, Juvenile Justice Centre, Reformatory, Government-run

Alternative Names

N.S.S. Sobraon

The Sobraon Training Ship replaced the Nautical School Ship Vernon as a reformatory in 1892. It was three times the size of the Vernon and housed more than 200 boys at a time. After the Neglected Children's and Juvenile Offenders' Act of 1905 introduced probation, numbers declined on the Sobraon. Boys were either discharged to parents or guardians, apprenticed out or sent to the Mittagong Farm Home for Boys or the Brush Farm Reformatory. In 1911 the Sobraon was abandoned.

1892 - 1911: Location -

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1867 - 1892: Nautical School Ship 'Vernon'
1892 - 1911: 'Sobraon' Training Ship

Series Title: Copies of letters sent concerning the administration of public schools (1880 - 1896)
Date Range: 1880 - 1896
Reference: NRS-3851 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Visitors' Book for Nautical School Ship "Vernon" (1886-1892) and "Sobraon" (1892-1910) (1886 - 1910)
Date Range: 1886 - 1910
Reference: 17212 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Entrance books [Industrial Schools Branch] (1867 - 1897)
Date Range: 1867 - 1897
Reference: 3906 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Miscellaneous Photographs, Newscuttings And Invitations Relating To NSS 'Sobraon' [Industrial Schools Branch] (1906 - 1925)
Date Range: 1906 - 1925
Reference: 3905 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Placement Book [Industrial Schools Branch] (1904 - 1911)
Date Range: 1904 - 1911
Reference: 3904 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Correspondence And Documents Relating To Committals [Industrial Schools Branch] (1898 - 1903)
Date Range: 1898 - 1903
Reference: 3903 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Entrance Books [Industrial Schools Branch] (1897 - 1911)
Date Range: 1897 - 1911
Reference: 3902 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Registers Of Committals (1907 - 1921)
Date Range: 1907 - 1921
Reference: 13361 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Military Drill Aboard the NSS Sobaron

Dinner aboard the NSS Sobraon in the early 1890s

Sobraon boys

'Sobraon' Training Ship (1892 - 1911)

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