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New South Wales - Organisation
'Sobraon' Training Ship (1892 - 1911)
- From
- 1892
- To
- 1911
- Categories
- Government-run, Home, Juvenile Justice Centre and Reformatory
- Alternative Names
The Sobraon Training Ship replaced the Nautical School Ship Vernon as a reformatory in 1892. It was three times the size of the Vernon and housed more than 200 boys at a time. After the Neglected Children's and Juvenile Offenders' Act of 1905 introduced probation, numbers declined on the Sobraon. Boys were either discharged to parents or guardians, apprenticed out or sent to the Mittagong Farm Home for Boys or the Brush Farm Reformatory. In 1911 the Sobraon was abandoned.
Publications
Books
- Rubie, Valerie, Sent to the Mountain: A History of Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre, Closure Committee of Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre, Gosford, 2003, 236 pp. Details
Online Resources
- 'Nautical School-ship "Sobraon"', in State Records Authority of New South Wales website, State of New South Wales through the State Records Authority of NSW 2016, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/411. Details
- History of Mt Penang Parklands, Central Coast Regional Development Corporation (NSW Government), https://web.archive.org/web/20151027022741/http://www.ccrdc.nsw.gov.au:80/MtPenangParklands/History.aspx. Details
- 'School Student Records Guide', in Museums of History NSW website, Museums of History NSW, https://mhnsw.au/guides/school-student-records-guide/. Details
- 'Child Care and Protection Guide', in Museums of History NSW website, Museums of History NSW, https://mhnsw.au/guides/child-care-and-protection-guide/. Details
- Crawford, John, 'Children of the Perishing Class', in History of the Children's Court, Lawlink, Lawlink NSW, 2009, http://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Children%20of%20the%20perishing%20class.pdf. Details
- Crawford, John, 'Establishment of the Children's Court', in History of the Children's Court, Lawlink, Lawlink NSW, 2012, http://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Establishment%20of%20the%20Children%27s%20Court%20-%20Then%20and%20100%20years%20on.pdf. Details
- Dunn, Mark, 'Vernon nautical training ship', in Dictionary of Sydney, 2008, http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/vernon_nautical_training_ship. Details
- Quinn, Peter E, Unenlightened efficiency: the administration of the juvenile correction system in New South Wales 1905-1988, University of Sydney, History, 27 March 2006, http://hdl.handle.net/2123/623. Details
Photos
- Title
- Sobraon boys
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1892 - 1911
- Source
- State Library of New South Wales
Details
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 20 February 2012, Last modified: 30 August 2017
