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Register of admissions - Boys' Reformatory, Magill and Reformatory Hulk 'Fitzjames' (GRG29/110)

Calendar Date Range: 1877 - 1943
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Access Determination

Whole of series: Records unrestricted after 100 years. D06/08263. Signed 21/12/2006."

Retention status

Permanent. SRC GRG motion 09/11/1999

Description

This series comprises five (5) registers of admissions to the Boys' Reformatory, Magill from 1877 to 1943.

Information varies over time, but most volumes give number, name, age, date of birth, last place of residence, details of relatives, court of committal, reason of admission, date of admission, date of leaving and destination.

Volume 1 covering the period 1877-1898 has columns for 'ship' and 'how long in colony', but most entries read 'native born'. Covers both the Reformatory Hulk Fitzjames and Magill sites.

5 volumes.

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