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Otago Provincial Government Gazette, 1853-1876
Otago Provincial Council. Ordinances, 1854-1876 (Appropriation Ordinances)
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New Zealand Statutes, 1854-1876
Miller, P. R. "From Wooden Shack to Ward Block: The Archives of the Otago Hospital Board", Archifacts, 1888/4 - 1989/1, pp 8-14.
Dalley, Bronwyn, Family Matters: Child Welfare in Twentieth-Century New Zealand, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1998.
Angus, John, A History of the Otago Hospital Board and its Predecessors, Otago Hospital Board, Dunedin, 1984.
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The Industrial School dates back to the provincial period and had its origins in the Otago Benevolent Institution. According to John Angus's book, "A History of the Otago Hospital Board and its Predecessors", the Benevolent Institution in Caversham was at first declared an industrial school in 1866 and children were admitted there. However, in January 1869, the Industrial School, Caversham, was opened on the Lookout Point site (the first industrial school for neglected and criminal children in New Zealand). The school was administered by the Police Department of the provincial administration, and the Commissioner of Police acted as an inspector.
At the end of the School's first year (March 1870), there were 67 children (34 boys and 33 girls) in the institution. Numbers increased until in March 1876 there were 166 children (88 boys, 78 girls). In addition, quite a few older children were placed in service in private homes or farms. Other children were put with their parents, relatives or friends, but under the supervision of the School so that action could be taken if the children were again neglected.
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Following the end of provincial government, the Industrial School came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice from 1877 to 1880/1882 (?), when it was transferred to the Education Department. The Industrial Schools Branch later became the Special Schools Branch.
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Show History
The Industrial School dates back to the provincial period and had its origins in the Otago Benevolent Institution. According to John Angus's book, "A History of the Otago Hospital Board and its Predecessors", the Benevolent Institution in Caversham was at first declared an industrial school in 1866 and children were admitted there. However, in January 1869, the Industrial School, Caversham, was opened on the Lookout Point site (the first industrial school for neglected and criminal children in New Zealand). The school was administered by the Police Department of the provincial administration, and the Commissioner of Police acted as an inspector.
At the end of the School's first year (March 1870), there were 67 children (34 boys and 33 girls) in the institution. Numbers increased until in March 1876 there were 166 children (88 boys, 78 girls). In addition, quite a few older children were placed in service in private homes or farms. Other children were put with their parents, relatives or friends, but under the supervision of the School so that action could be taken if the children were again neglected.
Most of the children had school lessons every day. Older boys also worked in the vegetable garden and the institution's small farm; older girls did sewing, mending and washing of clothes and bed linen. On Sundays, the children attended various church services. There were separate Sunday School sessions each week for Protestants and Catholics.
Following the end of provincial government, the Industrial School came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice from 1877 to 1880/1882 (?), when it was transferred to the Education Department. The Industrial Schools Branch later became the Special Schools Branch.
Shortly after 1900, the School became a residential institution for girls only, and a receiving home for boys and girls, until 1920, when older boys were sent to the Boys' Home at Elliot Street. By 1920, only two longer-term residential institutions remained - Caversham for girls, young women and young boys, and Weraroa (in Levin) for older boys and young men.
During 1925, the Child Welfare Act was passed. The Act provided for the creation of a special branch of the Education Department, to be known as the Child Welfare Branch and was designed to make better provision with respect to the maintenance, care and control of children under the care of the state. The Caversham Industrial School was closed soon afterwards. The Lookout Point site became a Boys' Home, while Elliot Street became a Girls' Home.
Otago Provincial Government Gazette, 1853-1876
Otago Provincial Council. Ordinances, 1854-1876 (Appropriation Ordinances)
Otago Provincial Council. Votes and Proceedings, 1854-1876 (Appendices, Departmental Reports)
New Zealand Statutes, 1854-1876
Miller, P. R. "From Wooden Shack to Ward Block: The Archives of the Otago Hospital Board", Archifacts, 1888/4 - 1989/1, pp 8-14.
Dalley, Bronwyn, Family Matters: Child Welfare in Twentieth-Century New Zealand, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1998.
Angus, John, A History of the Otago Hospital Board and its Predecessors, Otago Hospital Board, Dunedin, 1984.
- Industrial Schools Act 1908
- Industrial Schools Act 1882
- Adoption of Children Act 1881
- Proclamation revoking earlier proclamation (19 January 1869) establishing Industrial School as Reformatory School (26 January 1869, OPGG, 1869, p. 23)
- Neglected Children Act 1873
- Order -approving Benevolent Institution at Caversham as an Industrial School under Neglected and Criminal Children Act 1867 (27 November 1867, OPGG, 1867, XI, pp 291-292)
- Proclamation establishing Industrial School - βall that building, situate and being on Section numbered 41, Block VI Town Districtβ (27 January 1869, OPGG, 1869, p. 23)
- Superintendent appoints Mr Benjamin Britton and Mrs Ann Britton to be master and matron respectively of Reformatory School established under Neglected and Criminal Children Act 1867 ([January 1869], OPGG, p. 18)
- π’ Gaol, Dunedin (1869 ‑ )
- π’ Dunedin Boys' Home (1920 ‑ )
- π’ Dunedin Girls' Home (1928 ‑ )
- πΌ Special education (1867 ‑ )
- π Education (1878 ‑ )
- π’ Department of Education, Special and Industrial Schools Branch (1880 ‑ 1925)
- π’ Otago Provincial Superintendent and Executive Council (1869 ‑ 1876)
- π’ Police Department, Dunedin District (1869 ‑ 1872)
- π’ Department of Justice, Head Office (1876 ‑ 1880)
- π Province of Otago (1869 ‑ 1876)
- π Self-Governing Colony of New Zealand (1876 ‑ )