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
Brown leather bound book, heavy red leather and decorative stitching over edges and spine containing specially printed pages with handwritten entries and alphabetical indexed notebook attached to inside back cover. Contains register of pupils of the Victorian Deaf & Dumb Institution from 1925 to 1945. Alphabetical index lists their Admission numbers (?) from 865 to 1113.
Inscriptions & markings
Front cover: "VICTORIAN/DEAR & DUMB/INSTITUTION/1929" in gold lettering on red leather. Spine: "865 to 1113" handwritten in ink