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No You Don't! Water police repel American sailors attempting to break into Biloela 1871

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[ML QA827/S]
(Sydney Punch, December 30, 1871, p 49)

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Biloela Reformatory and Industrial School

Product of a public controversy about neglected and wayward children, Biloela Reformatory was seen as an advance on imprisoning girls in adult gaols, but it quickly became a dysfunctional institution and lasted less than a decade.

Cockatoo Island

Cockatoo Island has changed dramatically from the uninhabited rocky island it was when Europeans arrived. Reshaped, levelled, cleared and used for a range of social and industrial purposes, the island is now a historic landmark, administered by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, and open to the public.

Americans

Reformatories

Water police

Crime

Biloela Reformatory and Industrial School

Reform school for girls established on Cockatoo Island in 1871.

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Water Police

Established by legislation in 1840 it has retained the original objective of the 'Row Boat Guard' of 1789 of the prevention of smuggling, to which had been added the protection of wharf cargoes, pleasure craft, and effecting rescue operations, not only in the waters of Port Jackson, but along the entire coastline.

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Cockatoo Island

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Largest island in Sydney Harbour, between Birchgrove and Woolwich.

Sydney Punch

Illustrated satirical periodical with various publishers from 1864 until 1888. Modelled on the English Punch magazine, Sydney Punch was established in 1864 by Edgar Ray, one of the founders of the older Melbourne Punch.

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