: In the 1830s, children from orphan asylums in Madras were sent to New South Wales #IndiaNEWS In the late 1830s, both the Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum and Madras Female Orphan Asylum were experiencing

In the 1830s, children from orphan asylums in Madras were sent to New South Wales #IndiaNEWS
In the late 1830s, both the Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum and Madras Female Orphan Asylum were experiencing difficulty finding employment for children old enough to leave the institution. The Madras government approached the authorities in New South Wales outlining a scheme for sending children to be apprenticed there. It was said that the asylum pupils’ superior education and the care bestowed on their morals might make them a valuable acquisition to the colony, especially the girls.The New South Wales authorities agreed on the condition that the children would be at least 12 years of age and of “pure European descent�?. They were to be sent to Sydney free of charge and would be apprenticed in the same way as children from local orphan schools. Apprenticeships lasted until 21 for males and until 21 or marriage for females. Masters or mistresses had to provide sufficient and suitable food, clothing and bedding and make payments into the Savings Bank of New South Wales that were handed to the apprentice, with accrued interest, at the end of their term. When practicable, apprentices had to attend divine service at least once every Sunday. Particular attention was to be given to the apprentice’s morals. Justices were to investigate...Read more

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