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New South Wales - Archival Series

Admission, Discharge And After Career Register (1887 - 1925)

From
14 May 1887
To
21 December 1925
Website
https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/ADLIB_RNSW110014973
Reference No
14730
Legal Status
State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number

Admission, Discharge And After Career Register commences on page 461 of the volume and provides information on people who spent time in Parramatta Training Home for Girls and Parramatta Girls Industrial School. The records include names of the girls admitted, admission and discharge dates, length of detention and general remarks.

Details

Access Conditions

Access to these records is restricted. People wishing to access restricted records can either contact their nearest Community Services Centre to apply or they can post the information; an application form must be completed together with proof of identity provided.

Records

The register includes the following information, a register number; the name; age on admission; date of admission; date of discharge; period of detention; remarks on apprenticeships/conditional discharge (if any); and general remarks of the person.

According to Connecting Kin (1998), the Admission, Discharge and After Career Register is 1 volume.

The volume which contains the register also has statistical information, some in tabular form, showing ages and numbers of those in detention.

Publications

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.

Prepared by: Melissa Downing