Farm Schools, 28 February 1938, courtesy of Parliament of Western Australia.
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State of Western Australia
A Royal Commission on Youth Employment and the Apprenticeship System was established by the Western Australian government on 5 April 1937 and the Report was tabled on 28 February 1938. The systems of training at Fairbridge Farm School, the Unemployed Boys' Farm at Wokalup, Werribee Farm School and Tardun Farm School were described and a general recommendation for a weekly subsidy of 10 shillings to each 'destitute orphan boys' at these schools was made. The subsidy was not raised.
A Royal Commission on Youth Employment and the Apprenticeship System was established by the Western Australian government on 5 April 1937 and the Report was tabled on 28 February 1938. In evidence about Farm Schools in Western Australia, the following was included in the Report:
By 1940, the recommended increased maintenance subsidy had not been implemented.
Sources used to compile this entry: Report of the Royal Commission on Youth Employment and the Apprenticeship System, Royal Commissions Held in Western Australia, Parliament of Western Australia, 28 February 1938, http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/Royal+Commission+1938/$FILE/RC1.pdf; 'Motion - Child Welfare Department. Maintenance of Children', in Hansard Archive 1870 to 1995, Parliament of Western Australia, 4 December 1940, https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Hansard/hansard1870to1995.nsf/83cc4ce93b5d4e0b48257b33001cfef6/BF96AA998FE9A93748257A4E0010E9F2/$File/19401204_Assembly.pdf. p.2563..
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Created: 14 December 2013, Last modified: 18 December 2013