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- 1862-1945 (Creation)
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29 items
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The School was founded in June 1862, originally as the 'Hobart Town Female Refuge' to provide a home for neglected girls and train them in washing, sewing and domestic work. It was managed by a committee of ladies elected by subscribers, usually under the patronage of the Governor's wife, but five gentlemen were elected as governors and formed an advisory committee. The School occupied various temporary houses until 1873 when the committee leased buildings in the Barracks, which premises were extended in 1879 when the School took the protestant girls from the Queen's Orphan School, New Town, which was being closed. In 1892 it moved to 'Kensington House', Davey Street (now the Trades Hall) and finally in 1924 it moved to 'Maylands', Pirie Street, New Town. The School took 30 to 40 girls, usually between 6 and 14, but occasionally younger, and the committee liked to keep them beyond their committal period until they were 16 and trained for service, unless there were suitable relatives. They were usually referred by a magistrate and supported by the Government, by relatives or by donations and the little earned by laundry and sewing work. The children were looked after by a matron and sub-matron and ladies of the committee visited in turn. As well as instruction in domestic work the children were given some basic education, by a Schoolmistress appointed after the transfer of the Orphan School girls in 1879, and after 1925 attended state school, and also received religious instruction from local ministers or Sunday school teachers.
In February 1945 the School was transferred to the Salvation Army.
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Deposited by W. Hudspeth
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Collection consists of management committee records, admissions register and accounts of the Girls Industrial School Hobart, also 2 photographs.
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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au
When reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:
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Find & Connect website - https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/tas/TE00068
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Tasmanian Archives: Register - Boys' Home; Girls' Industrial School; St Joseph's Orphanage; Hobart Training School; Launceston Female Industrial School, Boys' Training School - https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/SWD37-1-2
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Tasmanian Archives: Upper Macquarie St Girls Industrial School) 1869; Girls (Hobart Training School Barracks) 1882-1883; Girls and Boys (St Joseph's Orphanage) 1879 - https://stors.tas.gov.au/SWD37-1-1$init=SWD37-1-1-p19
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Army Museum of Tasmania: The Hobart Girls Reformatory (1881-1905) & The Hobart Industrial Girls School (located at the Barracks from 1873-1892) - http://armymuseumtasmania.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/No-14-Hobart-Girls-Reformatory.pdf
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The Mercury Hobart Tuesday 28 November 1871 - Hobart Town Industrial School for Girls https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8869572
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Life a s a child in care - orphanages and children in care, charitable institutions, community welfare organisations https://libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/Pages/Child-in-care.aspx
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CE September 2018