Sobraon Ship
Location
Sydney
NSW Australia
Provider
Date Opened
Date Closed
Location
Sydney Harbour
Sydney NSW
Australia
Provider: TBA
Year Opened: Launched 1866
Year Closed: 1911
The first of these ships was the ‘Vernon’, which was succeeded by the ‘Sobraon’ in 1892. This system lasted until 1911, by which time all the remaining boys had been discharged, apprenticed, or sent to land-based institutions.
The ships Vernon (est. 1867) and Sobraon (est. 1892) were Industrial Schools for Boys. Boys received a combination of moral training, nautical and industrial training and instruction, and elementary schooling. The ships were made use of this way as there were no separate boys’ reformatory schools until 1895.
The Vernon was docked at Cockatoo Island. The Sobraon, which replaced the Vernon in 1892, was used until 1911, when the remaining boys were set to the Mittagong Farm Home for Boys and the Brush Farm Home for Boys.
For information on the measurements and other specifications of the Sobraon, click here.
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HMAS Tingira ex Sobraon, 7 November 2023 (Navy History Archive).
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- The Sobraon Wonder by Laurie Fromholtz