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New South Wales - Archival Series

Correspondence And Documents Relating To Committals [Industrial Schools Branch] (1898 - 1903)

From
1898
To
1903
Website
https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/ADLIB_RNSW110004146
Reference No
3903
Legal Status
State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number

Correspondence And Documents Relating To Committals [Industrial Schools Branch] were extracted from the Sobraon Entrance book, 1897-1900, in which they had been inserted. The relevant page numbers are noted in pencil on each letter and document. They are a bundle of documents that includes: letters from parents about their sons who were on the Training Ship; letters to and from police regarding boys who had absconded; letters to and from employers about boys apprenticed to them; leave of absence forms authorizing boys to be absent from the ship; apprenticeship indentures; court depositions; and warrants.

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These records are open, and available for public access. To access these records please contact Museums of History NSW (State Archives).

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Sources used to compile this entry: 'Nautical School-ship "Sobraon"', in State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/411; Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.

Prepared by: Melissa Downing