Swan Orphanage reforms | Find and Connect

Publication Resource Details

In
Western Mail
Publication Date
22 July 1911
Publisher
Charles Harper, J.W. Hackett, James Gibey, for the Western mail office
Place Published
Perth
Page Numbers
20
URL
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38831497
Description
'Swan Orphanage reforms' is an article from the Western Mail. It reports on the Colonial Secretary's perspective on the nature and findings of the coronial inquiry into the death through neglect of George Jones, a child at the Swan Boys' Orphanage, and the administration of the orphanage generally in 1911.

Related Information

Coronial Inquiry into the death of George Jones and the management of Swan Boys' Orphanage, State of Western Australia (2 June 1911 - 13 July 1911)
Public Charities and State Children Department, State of Western Australia (1 January 1908 - 1 January 1917) Relevance: The Colonial Secretary responded to recommendations about practices in the Public Charities and State Children Department from the coronial inquiry into the death of George Jones and the management of Swan Boys’ Orphanage.
Swan Boys' Orphanage (1876 - 1942)

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