Archives behind the scenes – Protestant (Male) Orphan School
This is another episode focusing on archival estrays: records that have strayed from official custody at some stage during their life but that are now back in the State Archives Collection.
This volume is an admission register from the Protestant Male Orphan School dating from 1850 to 1886 at the time when the school was based at Parramatta. It contains details of over 1000 boys, the youngest of whom was around one year of age. And each entry in this register has a fascinating story behind it.
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Behind the scenes
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Archives behind the scenes - bankruptcy files
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Archives behind the scenes - school files
We hold NSW School Files from 1876 to 1979. They are an amazing source of information, not only for school history but also for the history of a local community