Destitute Children Act 1866 (1866 - 1901)

From

1866

To

1901

Categories

Principal Act

Alternative Names

• Industrial Schools Act Schools Act 1866

Location

New South Wales

The Destitute Children Act [2/1866 (30 Vic. No.2)], also known as the Industrial Schools Act, enabled justices to send vagrant and destitute children under the age of eighteen to work as apprentices or be sent to industrial or reformatory schools. The Act was amended in 1870 to enable boys under the age of six to be cared for by the women superintendents of Female Industrial Schools. The Act was repealed by the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Act 1901.

Timeline

1866 - 1901

Destitute Children Act 1866

1901 - 1905

Reformatory and Industrial Schools Act 1901