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Absolutely no hurry Kate -

I'd like to confirm the date of arrival and his age - also what does it say up the top next to "whence received" ? Actually it says he was 5, but the year of arrival could be 17 or 19 I think?

Where it says down the bottom "how disposed of" - D.O.A - that surely cant be "dead on arrival"?

Please take your time.

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by geniebug

Absolutely no hurry Kate -

I'd like to confirm the date of arrival and his age - also what does it say up the top next to "whence received" ? Actually it says he was 5, but the year of arrival could be 17 or 19 I think?

Where it says down the bottom "how disposed of" - D.O.A - that surely cant be "dead on arrival"?

Please take your time.

I can't see a date of arrival, do you mean Date of Admission - 8 April 1897.

Age - Five years.

Whence received - B Asylum.

It does look like DOA but I don't know what it stands for in this context. The date disposed of is 14.4.09 so he would have been 17 years old then. Maybe in those days, that was the age when they left care and had to look after themselves?

I wonder what B Asylum meant - if he had a health problem?

Thanks Kate.

[kiterunner]

Somewhere like this, maybe?
http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au...x?AgencyId=861

Probably Kate. We will never know why she gave the child up - she married soon after.

Thanks for your help.