Progressive Measures at Rottnest

Publication Resource Details

In
Western Mail
Publication Date
8 March 1902
Publisher
Charles Harper, J.W. Hackett, James Gibey, for the Western mail office
Place Published
Perth
Page Numbers
9
URL
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37797966
Description
This article from the Western Mail has information about the transfer of boys from the Rottnest Island Reformatory to the Salvation Army's reformatory at Collie. From the text of this article, it seems that the Rottnest Island Reformatory had been closed by early March 1902 at the latest. Aboriginal prisoners continued to be held on the island, and the article states that the Government planned to remove them, too, so that the island could be used as a 'holiday resort for the public.'

Related Information

Rottnest Island Reformatory (1881 - 1902)
Salvation Army Industrial School for Boys [Collie] (1901 - 1920) Relevance: When the Rottnest Reformatory closed, the boys were sent to the Salvation Army’s institution at Collie.

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