Episode 1 in a series about the ‘Bad Girls’ of the Newcastle Industrial School and Reformatory. Jane Ison describes life in NSW in the 1860s and 70s and the measures taken by the government and the courts to deal with ‘problem’ children.
Carol Duncan interviews the compilers of the three volume Newcastle Family History Society publication - The People of Newcastle & the Hunter Valley, Maree and Ken Shilling. Maree & Ken recount just some of the 150 stories of individuals ranging from bushrangers and early settlers to civic leaders, military heroes, and business people in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley of New South Wales.
