The Case History Cards record details of boys admitted to Westbrook Reformatory for Boys, Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook, Westbrook Training Centre and Westbrook Youth Detention Centre. Details recorded include name, birth details, religion, physical description, parent information, admission details, history of offending, court appearances and sentencing, employment and discharge information. Files are titled with…
The Visitors’ Books, Series ID 988, relate to the Westbrook Reformatory, Lytton Reformatory, Diamantina Reformatory, and Hulk ‘Proserpine’ Reformatory. They record both official and unofficial visitors to the Westbrook reformatory. Among the official visitors were Visiting Justices, Visiting Medical Officers, researchers from international institutions, ministers of religion, etc. Information recorded includes: date of visit, visitor’s…
The Visiting Justice’s Minute Book, Series ID 1773, relates to the Reformatory School for Boys – Hulk Proserpine, Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys and Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. It records cases of serious misdemeanour heard before a Visiting Justice (Magistrate) from the Court of Petty Sessions, Toowoomba. Misdemeanours included: indecent…
This series contains case files for children admitted to the Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys, and Westbrook Reformatory and Farm Home for Boys. Case files were created for each child to document details of their stay at the institution. The Case Files can include documents such as complaints and summons…
The Discharge Register, Series ID 550, relates to Reformatory School for Boys – Hulk Proserpine, Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys and Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. The Discharge Register records information about boys upon their discharge from the reformatory, including number, date of discharge, name, age, physical description, by what authority…
The Visiting Medical Officers’ Journals, Series ID 989, relate to boys’ reformatories in Queensland, including Westbrook, Diamantina Reformatory, Lytton Reformatory, and the Hulk ‘Proserpine’ Reformatory . They provide a record of medical attention provided to boys in the institutions during the periodic visits made by the Visiting Medical Officer. Information recorded in the Journals includes:…
The Commission of Inquiry Exhibits consists of exhibits (depositions, correspondence, extracts from the State Children Acts, statutory declarations, newspaper clippings, copies of official records from the institution, etc.) tendered before the 1961 Inquiry into the Farm Home for Boys Westbrook. The exhibits relate to circumstances surrounding the escape of boys from Westbrook in May 1961,…
The Investigation Files (Westbrook Training Centre) were created by the Childrens’ Services Department and subsequent Departments responsible for juvenile justice to record investigations into incidents at Westbrook occurring between 1971 and 1994. There are 17 files in this series, which date from 1971-1975, and 1991-1994. The files include depositions, reports, recommendations, notes from interviews, inter-departmental…
The Commission of Inquiry into the Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook, was established by Order in Council 16 May 1961. The Commission was directed to look specifically at the circumstances surrounding the escape of a number of inmates on Sunday 14 May 1961. It also investigated other matters relating to the conduct of the institution…
The Westbrook Youth Detention Centre, run by the government, was situated at Westbrook, 15 kilometres south west of Toowoomba. It was previously named the Westbrook Youth Centre. The institution was renamed the Westbrook Youth Detention Centre in 1993. It closed on 30 June 1994 and was transformed into the Darling Downs Correctional Centre. In March…
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