Hay Institution for Girls Admission and Discharge registers, State Archives NSW (1961 - 1974)

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Records

The following information about these records has been published in the State Archives catalogue:

• Admission and Discharge Register, weekly movement, 1961-1965. Reference Number: NRS-20514.
  
  This register contains information about girls admitted to and discharged from the Hay Institution. It includes information such as date of admission/discharge, girl's name, date of birth, reason for committal (e.g. offence charged with), name of court, if the girl was transferred to/from another institution, if the girl was going on/returning from leave (e.g. to hospital, a shelter, court, on remand) or had absconded, who the girl was discharged to and their address, and the length of her incarceration at the Hay Institution.
• Admission and Discharge Register, 1965-1974. Reference Number: NRS-21122.
  
  These registers contain information about girls admitted to and discharged from the Hay Institution. It includes information such as date of admission/discharge, girls' name, date of birth, religion, from whom received/to whom discharged, their address, and other remarks.