Thanks so much Jim. Will investigate that too. Your email from the 1922 Electoral Roll is a very promising lead also. You have been most helpful. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: aus-qld-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-qld-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of James Crighton Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:13 AM To: aus-qld@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Bullock's College I would also suggest you visit the Toowoomba Historical Society in Lindsay Street, but I dont think they are open on Saturdays - they did a display a year or so ago about early schools in Toowoomba and might have something..................jim 2009/2/23 Sandra Searston <ssearston@vtown.com.au> > Thank you everyone for your help re Bullock's College. I googled with no > success, but some of your replies are very promising and I shall follow up > when I visit my Local History Library in Toowoomba on Saturday. > > In the diary it states that my grandfather rode his horse from Biddeston to > Toowoomba to attend "Bullock's College" to learn bookkeeping when he was a > teenager. He was born in 1904, so that would have been approx 1917-1923. > > Shall let you all know if I find the answer at the LHL. > > Thank you all once again, > Sandra > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello all As promised, here is what I found out today at the Toowoomba Local History Library about Bullock's College: It was actually called Bullock's Commercial School. It was a co-educational private school founded by Mr Ernest Bullock in 1905 and had branches throughout Queensland. In 1910 it had 260 pupils, and according to Paul McNally in his book "School ties: a history of private schooling in Toowoomba" (1989), published by Darling Downs Institute Press in Toowoomba, it "presented candidates for Civil Service, Parliamentary Law, Federal Clerical, Federal Telephone Girls, Federal Telegraph Messenger, Commonwealth Promotion Examinations, Engineers Examination, Railway Apprenticeships and Clerks, Queensland Shorthand Society, and Shorthand reporting and Bookkeeping Examinations." (page 262) Bullock's Commercial School advertised regularly in the Darling Downs Gazette newspaper. Mr Bullock was a bookseller, stationer, newsagent, and had a circulating library at the premises at No 3 Groom's Buildings, Toowoomba. Hope all this information is useful for someone else. It is very useful for me! The ladies at the LHL was very helpful. Cheers Sandra Searston

This is from The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday 14 January, 1896 - http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/112826?zoomLevel=3 Wonder if it is the same Mr E Bullock = Ernest The quarterly meeting of the Pioneer Tent of Rechabites was held In the Tem- perance Hall last evening, Bro. Wood- ward, CR., in the chair. The quarterly balance-sheet was presented and adopted, the funds being in a satisfactory condi- tion. One hundred and ten members were reported, two being initiated and two expelled for arrears during the quar- ter. Eight brothers had been sick for thirty-four weeks and one day, being 1.9 nearly for the whole of the members, which is a very low average. £24 3s. 4d. was disbursed in sick pay. The officers for the next six months were as follow:-C.R., Bro. Rees : Deputy R., Bro. M. Beeston ; secretary, J. Beeston ; treasurer, Bro. Brewer ; money steward, Bro. Home (re-elected) ; W.T., Bro. J. Beeston ; Lévite, Bro. Reise ; guardian, Bro. H. Hoare ; auditor, Bro. E. T. Bul- lock. The following were then elected representatives to the District Council, to be held In Brisbane on Good Friday : Messrs. Rees, M. Beeston, E. T. Bullock, and W. C. Home ; Bro. E. T. Bullock to be delegate to the dispensary, and Bro. W. Young to the Medical Institute.

Hi Maurie Isn't that website fantastic? Apparently they are working on other newspapers too, but it's a long process. The Ernest Bullock that I found was Ernest W Bullock. James Crighton replied to my original message with an electoral roll record of 1922 that states that there was an Ernest William Bullock living in Burns Street who listed his occupation as teacher. This may be him, but your auditor was more than likely related - perhaps Ernest W.'s father? The ads that I saw (and printed one) in the Darling Downs Gazette list E.W. Bullock and E.W. Bullock as proprietors of Bullock's Commercial School. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: aus-qld-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-qld-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maurie O'Connor Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 2:03 PM To: aus-qld@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Bullock's College This is from The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday 14 January, 1896 - http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/112826?zoomLevel=3 Wonder if it is the same Mr E Bullock = Ernest The quarterly meeting of the Pioneer Tent of Rechabites was held In the Tem- perance Hall last evening, Bro. Wood- ward, CR., in the chair. The quarterly balance-sheet was presented and adopted, the funds being in a satisfactory condi- tion. One hundred and ten members were reported, two being initiated and two expelled for arrears during the quar- ter. Eight brothers had been sick for thirty-four weeks and one day, being 1.9 nearly for the whole of the members, which is a very low average. £24 3s. 4d. was disbursed in sick pay. The officers for the next six months were as follow:-C.R., Bro. Rees : Deputy R., Bro. M. Beeston ; secretary, J. Beeston ; treasurer, Bro. Brewer ; money steward, Bro. Home (re-elected) ; W.T., Bro. J. Beeston ; Lévite, Bro. Reise ; guardian, Bro. H. Hoare ; auditor, Bro. E. T. Bul- lock. The following were then elected representatives to the District Council, to be held In Brisbane on Good Friday : Messrs. Rees, M. Beeston, E. T. Bullock, and W. C. Home ; Bro. E. T. Bullock to be delegate to the dispensary, and Bro. W. Young to the Medical Institute. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message