Biloela Reformatory and Industrial School

Prison or Reformatory

Reform school for girls established on Cockatoo Island in 1871.

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Opened
1871

Biloela Reformatory and Industrial School

by Shirley Fitzgerald, 2010

 

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Product of a public controversy about neglected and wayward children, Biloela Reformatory was seen as an advance on imprisoning girls in adult gaols, but it quickly became a dysfunctional institution and lasted less than a decade.
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