This is an article from The West Australian. It is about the life of Mr John Watson, who was the Superintendent of the Rottnest Island Reformatory. The article says that Mr Watson was Superintendent for 24 years, until the reformatory closed in 1902.
When the Rottnest Island Reformatory closed, the boys were sent to the Salvation Army’s institution at Collie.
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