The politics of neglect: policing, institutionalising, and providing for ‘neglected children’ in late nineteenth-century Queensland (1881-1900)
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Wimshurst, Kerry
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This article examines the political forces which influenced the treatment of children legally classified as ‘neglected’ in Queensland, Australia, between 1881 and 1900. It focuses on the two government-run institutions which held ‘neglected children’: The Reformatory School for Boys and the Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls. The article identifies tensions between a range of state and private actors which resulted in a patchwork of uneven and inconsistent institutional responses to ‘neglected’ children within a single jurisdiction.
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Cultural and Social History
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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Cultural & Social History, 16 Feb 2021, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2021.1888429
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Historical studies
Australian history
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Carden, C; Wimshurst, K, The politics of neglect: policing, institutionalising, and providing for ‘neglected children’ in late nineteenth-century Queensland (1881-1900), Cultural and Social History