Please contact the State Records Research Centre:
Postal Address: GPO Box 464, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: 08 7322 7077
Email: staterecords@sa.gov.au
Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Series ID, GRG28/9
These records are part of Records created by the Destitute Board (c. 1845 - 1927).
This Register of Admissions contains entries for children admitted to the Magill Industrial School (1862-1877), the Boys Reformatory School (1869-1882), and the Girls Reformatory School (1871-1882). Although the register appears to have started in 1873, it does contain entries for children admitted from 1862.
This register is open and can be viewed by any member of the public. To arrange access please contact State Records of South Australia. A digitised version of this register is available online via the Family Search website (you will need to create a free user account to access records via Family Search).
The Register of Admissions contains the following information for each child, written over two pages:
Left hand page: (1) Number, (2) Name, (3) Age, (4) Nationality, (5) Religious persuasion, (6) Date of admission, (7) Under what circumstances admitted.
Right hand page: (8) Date of leaving and under what circumstances discharged, (9) Particulars. Notes on contents – (8) Date of leaving and under what circumstances discharged: includes transfers to St Vincent de Paul’s Orphanage and information about adoptions. (9) Particulars: gives parental information.
State Records of South Australia also holds an index to this register (Series ID GRG28/10) that lists the names of children included in the register, and the page number for their entry. This index is available online at https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/829797/GRG28-9-Index-for-website.pdf