Male Orphan School - Letterbook, 1829-1849, and associated papers, 1860, 1873

C 201

fonds

1829 - 1849, 1860, 1873

447455

Microfilm : CY 1048, frames 73-358 (C 201)

1 volume - 0.06 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (printed)

The Male Orphan School, established by Governor Macquarie, was opened in 1819 in the building in George Street, Sydney which had previously housed the Female Orphan School. In 1824 the boys were moved to a new school on a farm in that part of the Liverpool district which would later become Bonnyrigg. The School was governed by the Clergy and School Lands Corporation and from 1833 came under the control of the Colonial Secretary.
Irish-born Richard Sadleir, formerly a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, emigrated to New South Wales in 1826 and was Master of the Male Orphan School from 1829 until 1850 when the school was closed and the boys relocated to the Female Orphan School at Parramatta. In 1872 Sadleir became the first mayor of Liverpool.

Drafts and copies of letters and reports, 1829-1849, mainly written by Richard Sadleir; subjects include: rations, deficiency in stores, inadequacy of water supply, children's health and education, apprenticeships, complaints of children being taken away by their parents, conduct of school masters, the assigned convicts employed on the school farm, condition of livestock, etc. (Call No.: C 201)
An account by Richard Sadleir of an incident at a Presbyterian Church in Maitland in 1860; a printed newsletter, 5 June 1873, addressed to The Congregational Church, Pitt Street, Sydney from John Graham of Belfast, [Northern] Ireland (Call No.: C 201)

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