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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Industrial School

Industrial School.

Auckland Industrial School, Mount Albert. This institution was established in 1869 for the care of neglected and destitute children. The first premises were situated at Point Britomart. Subsequently, the buildings in Howe Street, originally erected as an immigration barracks, were used by the institution. When the Industrial Schools Act of 1882 was passed, the Government took charge of the institution, and removed the boys to the Kohimarama Training School. This school was closed in 1893, and the Auckland Girls' Industrial School became the Auckland Industrial School, which now receives not only girls, but also boys of tender age. The Government recently purchased the present beautiful home at Mount Albert at a cost of £1400. There is a house of sixteen rooms, surrounded by a well laid out garden, and the whole property comprises six acres. The average number of children in residence at the school is about twenty, and the number on the roll is one hundred. The majority of the children under fourteen years of age are boarded out amongst the page 211 country settlers. This system was inaugurated by the late Rev. W. J. Habens, then Secretary for Education, and has proved to be of great benefit to the children, who thus enjoy the privileges of home life. At fourteen years of age, the girls are placed out as domestic servants, while the boys go on farms, or are transferred to the Costley Training Institution with a view to apprenticeship to suitable trades. The young people remain under the control of the institution until they become of age, unless they show, by their conduct, that such control is unnecessary.

Auckland Industrial School.

Auckland Industrial School.

Miss Jackson, Manager of the Auckland Industrial School, is a native of Birmingham, England, and came to New Zealand in 1882. During that year Mr. Habens, on behalf of the Government, appointed her to the position which she still holds in the institution.