Please contact Museums of History New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: collections@mhnsw.au
Website: https://mhnsw.au/about-us/contact/
Quote this number to access your records: State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number, 3903
These records are held by Museums of History NSW (June 1961 - current).
Correspondence And Documents Relating To Committals [Industrial Schools Branch] were extracted from the ‘Sobraon’ Entrance book, 1897-1900, in which they had been inserted. The relevant page numbers are noted in pencil on each letter and document. They are a bundle of documents that includes: letters from parents about their sons who were on the Training Ship; letters to and from police regarding boys who had absconded; letters to and from employers about boys apprenticed to them; leave of absence forms authorizing boys to be absent from the ship; apprenticeship indentures; court depositions; and warrants.
These records are open, and available for public access. To access these records please contact Museums of History NSW (State Archives).