----- Original Message ----- From: "scarter" <scarter@magma.ca> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:44 PM Subject: Early Schools. > Hi Listers, > > A few questions about early schools in New South Wales,please. > > When would have been the first public schools in New South Wales? > > When did it become compulsory to go to school ? > > At what age could one leave? > > What would be the earliest school records still existence? > > Regards to all, > > Robin. Ottawa. Robyn, I'm browsing through "Sydney &The Bush " a pictorial history of education in N.S.W.to try and find your answers. This was written to commemmorate the Centenary of the N.S.W. Dept. of Education in 1880. Under The Public Instruction Act 1880 children were required to attend school for 140 days each year. Exemptions and inadequate enforcement made compulsory education largely ineffective. No mention of ages but it appears to be mainly up to teenage years.Very little Secondary education. Up until 1848 there doesn't appear to be any government education. From then there were 5 systems of schools, four denominatioal and one government i.e public schools. As far as the earliest records go there is information in the book about dame schools begun within 2 years of settlement. The colony's 1st dame school teachers were convicted petty pilferers. The whole establishment was a government one so there are sure to be records bound in red tape about most of the schools if only one knew where. I don't know the leaving age but child teachers could start at 13. In 1868 of 1 014 teachers, 165 were pupil teachers. Teacher training was extended to 3 months in 1867. I won't bore listers with more. Let me know if I can help any further. David in Gosford.

Hello all I too would be interested to know. Lyn from Hawaii ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & Sandra Bales" <sandave@turboweb.net.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 7:11 PM Subject: Re: Early Schools. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "scarter" <scarter@magma.ca> > To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:44 PM > Subject: Early Schools. > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > A few questions about early schools in New South Wales,please. > > > > When would have been the first public schools in New South Wales? > > > > When did it become compulsory to go to school ? > > > > At what age could one leave? > > > > What would be the earliest school records still existence? > > > > Regards to all, > > > > Robin. Ottawa. > > > Robyn, > I'm browsing through "Sydney &The Bush " a pictorial history of education in > N.S.W.to try and find your answers. This was written to commemmorate the > Centenary of the N.S.W. Dept. of Education in 1880. > Under The Public Instruction Act 1880 children were required to attend > school for 140 days each year. Exemptions and inadequate enforcement made > compulsory education largely ineffective. No mention of ages but it appears > to be mainly up to teenage years.Very little Secondary education. > Up until 1848 there doesn't appear to be any government education. From then > there were 5 systems of schools, four denominatioal and one government i.e > public schools. > As far as the earliest records go there is information in the book about > dame schools begun within 2 years of settlement. The colony's 1st dame > school teachers were convicted petty pilferers. The whole establishment was > a government one so there are sure to be records bound in red tape about > most of the schools if only one knew where. I don't know the leaving age but > child teachers could start at 13. In 1868 of 1 014 teachers, 165 were pupil > teachers. Teacher training was extended to 3 months in 1867. > I won't bore listers with more. Let me know if I can help any further. > David in Gosford. > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Guidelines for the Conference of Australian History > http://www.southernx.com.au/rootsweb.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >