----- Original Message ----- From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> To: <aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:29 PM Subject: National School List for 1858 > VPRS 880/P0 Unit 63 > > Avoca, Ballarat, Red Hill Ballarat, Brown Hill Ballarat, Bakery Hill > Ballarat, Sebastopol Ballarat, Belvoir, Benalla, Berwich, Belmont Geelong, > Broadmeadows, Cape Bridgewater, Campbells Creek,Colac, Castlemaine, > Collingwood Rose St, Collingwood Bell St, Collingwood North, Collingwood > Oxford St, Collingwood East Peel St, Collingwood East. > > Creswick, Dunkeld, Eaglehawk Sandhurst, Eltham, Emerald Hill, Forest Creek, > Fryerstown, Geelong Newtown, Geelong, Geelong Ashby, Gisborne, Glenorchy, > Hamilton, Hawthorn, Heathcote, Heidelberg, Heywood, Horsham, Kyneton, > Kilmore, Maddingly Bacchus Marsh, Merri Creek, Melbourne North, Melbourne > Russell St, Melbourne South, Melbourne West King St, Oakleigh, Prahran. > > Portland, Point Nepean, Plenty, Pentridge, Richmond, Somerton, Sandridge, St > Kilda, St Albans, Sale,Seymour, Tower Hill Lake, Tarraville, Tarradale, > Warrnambool, Wangoom, Woodford, Woodend, Immigrant's Home Melbourne, > Training School teachers and Staff, National Board and Staff at > headquarters. > > Many of these schools with staff, etc have gone up on the groups: Geelong, > Goldfields, Gippsland, Western District, to which I subscribe. There are > some central/Northern Victoria schools that I have not put up, because I'm > not really sure of the boundaries of them, and I'm not a subscriber. Perhaps > someone from those areas/groups, could pick out the schools from the above > lists to let me know? > > I may put up the Melbourne & suburbs on the Melbourne group in a few days, > but lots of typing for that! > > Regards Ada > > Ada Ackerly. Melbourne > Formerly Ackerly Docusearch > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> > To: <aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Ada and School / Teacher Files > > > Hi all, > > I may have given a wrong impression on my find: > > First, there is a listing of EVERY teacher employed at 31 June 1858, in > EVERY National School in Victoria. > > Second, there are individual returns from schools listing their staff. > > The first is not alphabetically arranged, numbers 62 pages of closely > written columns, without naming the actual school. That's what I thought I > might photograph and then index. > > The second, the individual sheets for each school, sometimes have a staff of > one, usually two, and sometimes up to 5 teachers named. That's the one I > have been transcribing (and tried to photograph) this week.That's the one I > have drawn off the Geelong schools for email. > > In the meantime (third) , I had been transcribing the applications by > individuals to be teachers 1852 on). I think I sent an email about a year > ago of those who claimed Geelong connections, and I have a few more to add > later (1856 on ) in a future message. I am now transcribing 1861/2 letters > > But now: VPRS 880/p0 Unit 63 Individual National Schools & staff: > > GEELONG Ashby: > Collins, Patrick Robert,teacher,salary £80 appointed 1 May 1856, Age 42, > school hours 9-4 born Dublin Chof England > Collins, Elizabeth, workmistress, salary £24 appointed 1 May 1856 age 26, > school hours 9-4 born Dublin, Ch of England. > > Interestingly, one sheet, for Berwick and Belmont schools was filled out by > the same man, with identical mistakes in the entries. . I don't think there > was a Belmont near Berwick, and I do know there was one near Geelong, so > here it is, just in case it's Geelong: > > BELMONT > Ryder, John, master, salary £104 appointed Dec 1856, age 40, school hours > 9.30-4, born Plymouth, Wesleyan Free Church > > Thankyou for your kind suggestions on my inept photographic skills with a > digital SLR. I'm close to feeling like entering the home for the bewilded! > Who would know I did a lot of professional photography and restoration over > 40 years. > > Regards Ada > > Ada Ackerly. Melbourne > Formerly Ackerly Docusearch > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susie Zada" <szada@zades.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 6:33 PM > Subject: [GEELONG] Ada and School / Teacher Files > > > > Hi Ada, > > > > I'm absolutely 100% certain that we can arrange some volunteers to help > with > > this - particularly with transcribing the names / details if you > photograph > > them or helping with photographing them. > > > > You only have to say what you think we can help with and it will be > > organised - to your explicit instructions! <vbg> > > > > It would be wonderful to get a list of teachers in the National Schools in > > 1858 for our Geelong & District Region so anything we can help you with > you > > just need to yell (loudly!). > > > > Regards ............ 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