The Department of Labour and Industry was established by the State Government of New South Wales in 1896 to provide assistance to the unemployed and their families. In 1912 the State Labour Bureau was merged into the Department of Labour and Industry, and renamed the State Labour Branch. The State Labour Branch maintained responsibility for…
The State Labour Bureau was established by the State Government of New South Wales in 1905. It was formed to provide assistance to unemployed people in accessing employment and training. It ran the Government Agricultural Training Farm at Pitt Town, which was intended to lower unemployment among teenage boys from the city by apprenticing them…
The Department of Prisons, also known as the Department of Justice, was established in 1874 with the passing of the Prisons Act of 1874. The Department was headed by the Minister of Justice, and included the office of Comptroller-General of Prisons, who was responsible for the “care, direction and control” of all prisons, juvenile reformatories,…
The Act to make better provision for the control of prisons and for the custody of prisoners, 1874 (37 Vic. Act No.14) was better known as the Prisons Act of 1874. It Established the office of the Comptroller General of Prisons, who was responsible for the “care, direction, and control” of all prisons and prisoners…
This is an image of buildings at Kendall Grange, photographed through a wire fence. It was published in a 2023 article in the Daily Telegraph.
This is a photograph of children outside the Manly Industrial School. It is a poor-quality image showing several dozen children in white dresses standing in front of a large two-storey stone building with a cross on each end of the roof, and several smaller buildings and possibly a garden pergola. This photograph is part of…
This is a photograph of the Mackellar Farm House (previously known as the No. 9 Cottage for Boys) at Mittagong Training School/Farm Home for Boys. It shows a pink building consisting of a central, small, single-storey cottage with a larger two-storey portion added to one side, and a small single-room annexe on the other. The…
This is a photograph of Waverley Cottage (at times also referred to as the No. 3 Home) at Mittagong Cottage Homes, later known as Renwick. It shows a large federation style cottage with a bull-nose verandah and lattice-work underneath it. The cottage is surrounded by lawns bordered by hedges. This photograph is part of a…
This is a photograph of boys performing a play in front of an audience at what is likely Mittagong Training School (though it could also be the Mittagong Cottage Homes). It shows nine boys on an outdoor stage dressed in costume performing in front of an audience. This photograph is part of a collection of…
This is a photograph of DeLauret Cottage at the Mittagong Training School for Boys. It shows an L-shaped building with several colourful benches placed in the garden in front of it. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs from children’s Homes and Institutions held by the NSW Department of Community Justice. This photo…
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