Historical information

As children were admitted to Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution, The Victorian School for Deaf Children and Deaf Children Australia, their details were recorded and they were given a registration number. Information included Medical Information.

Significance

The Registers document where children came from, their family details and medical information, all relating to the time they were admitted and reflect the society of the time.

Physical description

Green leather with red leather spine bound volume with specially printed pages. Contains register of pupils of the Victorian School for Deaf Children from 1961-1966. Each open two pages is details of a child admitted to Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten for the Deaf (90 Elgar Rd, Burwood). An alphabetical indexed note bookis attached to back cover with their assigned number from No 1616 to No 1803

Inscriptions & markings

Spine: "REGISTER OF PUPILS" in gold lettering. Decorative stamping on covers. "1616-1803" "YEARS 1961-1966" handwritten in ink (barely legible)