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, GRG27/12
These records are part of Records created by the State Children's Department (1886 - 1927).
This register records details about boys admitted to the Roman Catholic Boy’s Reformatory at Brooklyn Park, also known as St John’s Home. Entries span across two pages in the register. Left hand page: (1) Number, (2) Name, (3) Age, (4) Date of birth, (5) Late place of residence, (6) What relatives in the colony, (7) Religion. Right hand page: (8) Court of Committal, (9) Reasons for Admission, (10) Date of Admission, (11) Date of Leaving, (12) Where gone to. The volume ends at 1908, and the majority of the register is blank. (1) Number: is often number/date, may relate to docket or case book. (4) Date of birth: includes notation if it was registered. (11) Where gone to: Abscondings, releases etc sometimes include references to a State Children’s Council or Chief Secretary’s Office docket.
This register is open and can be accessed by any member of the public. To arrange access to this register please contact State Records of South Australia. A digitised version of this register is available on the Family Search website (you will need to create a user account to access it).