Agency:
Ashley Home for Boys
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Feb 1922
End Date:
31 Dec 1999
Description:
The purpose of the home was to rehabilitate boys who had offended. Initially known as the State Farm School for Boys, the home underwent a name change in 1926 to become the Ashley Home for Boys in response to a recommendation from a Government committee appointed to enquire into the working of the institution. In 1950, a fire substantially destroyed the Ashley Home for Boys and the Inquiry into the Control and Management of Ashley Boys' Home in 1951 recommended a new Home be established for boys up to 14 years old. This lead to the opening of Wybra Hall in 1956. Boys were organised into classes with those on their best behaviour going to the Privilege Cottage.;;;;Located in Deloraine in northern Tasmania, the Ashley Home for Boys serviced the whole state. The Ashley Youth Detention Centre, declared as a detention centre under the Youth Justice Act 1997, is situated on the former site of Ashley Home for Boys.;;;;Some files refer to sections by abbreviations. The sections are:;;* S/U meaning Secured Unit;;* O/S meaning Open Section;;* P/C meaning Privilege Cottage
Information Sources:
Chief Secretary's Correspondence - CSD22/304 file 29 of 1925, Report of Committee dated 10/8/1925, Find and Connect website; ;;JPPP, 1956/67, vol 157, no 74
Controlling Agencies:
Children of the State Department (TA146) | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1936 |
Social Services Department (TA144) | 01 Jan 1934 | 02 Sep 1961 |
Department of Social Welfare (TA88) | 02 Sep 1961 | 28 Feb 1983 |
Department for Community Welfare (TA1028) | 01 Feb 1983 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Department of Community Services (TA769) | 17 Jul 1989 | 03 Feb 1993 |
Department of Community and Health Services (TA1012) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Health and Human Services (TA1543) | 18 Sep 1998 | 31 Jul 2018 |
Previous Agencies:
Boys Training School (TA470) | 01 Jan 1884 | 31 Dec 1922 |
Related Agencies:
Wybra Hall (TA2155) | 01 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1988 |
Weeroona Girls' Training Centre (TA2156) | 01 Jan 1959 | 30 Nov 1979 |
Subsequent Agencies:
Ashley Youth Detention Centre (TA1960) | 01 Jan 1999 |
Series Created By Agency:
AF827 Health Registers | 04 Apr 1951 | 24 Dec 1998 |
AF828 Duty Diaries | 01 Jan 1954 | 31 Dec 1985 |
AF830 Record of Admissions and Discharges | 04 Jul 1984 | 31 Dec 2010 |