According to his birth certificate he was born with the surname Malone, but when he had trouble with the law he started using his mothers maidy name of Reason.

I Found 18 Articles about him on Trove. They are in no particular order.

Page 3 of June 19 1948 Issue of Launceston Examiner.

From:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52613685

Examiner Launceston Friday 4 December 1947 page 3

Re:Perry John Reason Broke Bond.png

From Trove The Mercary Monday 20 September 1948 From:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27774609/189203

From: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52649052?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Examiner Monday September 20 1948

From: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27772082?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Mercury Friday October 15th 1948

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69192070?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Advocate Friday November 5th 1948

From: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61074006?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The examiner Wednesday January 21st 1953 page 6

From: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69115609?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Advocate Wednesday June 2nd 1948

From:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26461883?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Mercury Wednesday 2nd June 1948

From:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69184355?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Advodcote Tuesday 21 September 1948

From:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27125003?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reaso

The Mercury Thursday December 4 1952

From: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205427828?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Age Friday December 5 1952

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205427828?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Age Friday December 5th 1952 page 12 Under the heading of Missing Friends

From:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27148251?searchTerm=Perry%20John%20Reason

The Mercury Wensday February 18th 1953

Terry is close to Perry.

The Murcury Friday May 21 1948

The report sais the baby Kenneth Reason was 9 months old. As kenneth Reason was born in 1947 The timing does fit.

From: https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fNAME_INDEXES$002f0$002fNAME_INDEXES:1620223/ada?qu=Perry&qu=reason&d=ent%3A%2F%2FNAME_INDEXES%2F0%2FNAME_INDEXES%3A1620223%7ENAME_INDEXES%7E0&h=8

Name: Reason, Perry John Record Type: Health & Welfare Age: 16, 21 Property: New Town Charitable Institute Admission dates: 09 Sep 1942 to 10 Sep 1942, 11 Sep 1942 to 28 Nov 1942, 04 May 1943 to 05 May 1943, 24 May 1948 to 24 May 1948 Place of origin: Born in Tasmania Paupers & Invalids no.: pi1456100 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1620223 Resource: HSD274/1/3

Headings of Columns:

• Name
• Age
• Date of admission
• date Of discharge or death
• Religion
• If able to read or write
• Disease
• Were born
• Trade or calling
• From what District
• Reference to pension
• Name and address of relatives or friends

From: https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fNAME_INDEXES$002f0$002fNAME_INDEXES:1620223/ada?qu=Perry&qu=reason&d=ent%3A%2F%2FNAME_INDEXES%2F0%2FNAME_INDEXES%3A1620223%7ENAME_INDEXES%7E0&h=8

Name: Reason, Perry John Record Type: Health & Welfare Age: 16, 21 Property: New Town Charitable Institute Admission dates: 09 Sep 1942 to 10 Sep 1942, 11 Sep 1942 to 28 Nov 1942, 04 May 1943 to 05 May 1943, 24 May 1948 to 24 May 1948 Place of origin: Born in Tasmania Paupers & Invalids no.: pi1456100 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1620223 Resource: HSD274/1/3

Headings of Columns:

Name Age Date of admission date Of discharge or death Religion If able to read or write Disease Were born Trade or calling From what District Reference to pension Name and address of relatives or friends

https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/entity/new-town-charitable-institution/

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jFxgo2y1EuxLa7MT7?g_st=ac

https://www.orphanschool.org.au/showntci.php?ntci_ID=10286

https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/tas/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fARCHIVES_ITEMS$002f0$002fARCHIVES_ITE_DIX:TC10-1-15781/ada?qu=perry&qu=john&qu=Reason&d=ent%3A%2F%2FARCHIVES_ITEMS%2F0%2FARCHIVES_ITE_DIX%3ATC10-1-15781%7EARCHIVES_ALL_ITEMS%7E0&h=8

Perry John Reason and Margorie Jean Reason, reported address as per above documents

As shown in May 2024 on Google Street view

Train services between Hobart and Launceston started operating along the line in 1876. James Staines Taylor (1833-1910) purchased Cawarra on 1.5 acres in November 1903 for 700 pounds. Taylor was a Master Mariner who operated the vehicular ferry service across the Derwent between Hobart and Bellerive from 1863 until 1903. Taylor died in 1910 but his widow, Rosina, continued to live there until the early 1940s. By this time Cawarra was in a state of neglect but it was restored by Stewart MacRae MacGregor during the 1950s.

https://www.ourtasmania.com.au/hobart/new-town.html