Training (1860 - 1980)

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c. 1860

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c. 1980

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Tasmania

Training, when applied to state wards, meant learning habits of hard work and respectability as well as skills suited to the workforce. In the early twentieth century, the work skills usually involved domestic service for girls and farm labour for boys. Later on the occupations considered suitable for state wards became more wide ranging.

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Training (1860 - 1980)

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