Jessie McCleverty had a private ladies school in 2 locations in Surrey Hills in the early 1900s. She is not registered in teacher records at PROV. According to Jocelyn Hall's notes her school was located at 12 Durham Road from 1903-1905/6 and from then until 1933 at 44 Windsor Crescent.The earliest date in Sands & MacDougall is c1902 and according to the Victorian Government Gazette 1924, the school closed in 1923. [1933 may be a typo.] She was born in Melbourne in 1862 daughter of George McCleverty and Mary Gill. She had a brother William Edward, b1858, Ballarat East. Her parents may have migrated independently from Ireland. They married in 1856. By 1931 she was retired but still living in Surrey Hills. It is unclear exactly when she moved to Queensland, but she is listed on the electoral roll there for 1943 living with her niece Frances Victoria Shepperd and she died on 26 Jul 1943. She is buried in Toowoomba Cemetery. Fanny Wridgway (1890-1956) was born in Box Hill, the daughter of Frederick Wridgway and his wife Mary Ann (nee Young). She had an older brother Alfred and a younger sister Mary Ann. Box Hill Reporter entry gives her attending Banff Ladies' College in Box Hill in 1904 and she was dux of the school in 1905. Although the original donor indicated that Fanny was a teacher, she is not registered on the PROV Victorian Teachers' Roll. Electoral roll entries consistently indicate that her occupation was 'clerk'. She is buried in Box Hill Cemetery, along with her sister Mary Ann. No information found regarding W M Nance.This a fine example of the standard of work required of a senior student for examination purposes in 1907/1908.An exercise book with alternating lined and plain paper. The cover is beige in colour with a stamped illustration in the top LH corner. The binding is navy coloured cloth tape. it has rounded corners. The pages are numbered in neat black pen in the upper outside corner. An index on the front page indicates the scope of entries and the page number. The book is almost full. Each completed page has been signed by W M Nance. Illustrations and executed in black ink and the detail is very fine. in 2 places there are pressed rose leaves.Front cover in faded black ink: "(No. 1118 Passed in 1907) / Fanny Wridgway / Ladies' High School / Surrey Hills. / N0. 1366. present Exam. Dec. 1908" Back page in faded black ink: "J. M'Cleverty / Principal / Ladies' High School. Surrey Hills" jessie mccleverty, fanny wridgway, nature study, schools, private schools, w m nance, box hill cemetery

Taken in 1908, depicted is a large group of children and adults dressed in formal attire on a nature study. The group is standing on a granite outcrop listening to a man who is using a large boulder as a podium.Nature study was a new subject introduced into the school curriculum throughout the English-speaking world in the 1890s and 1900s that taught students about the natural environment. It was hoped that a concern about the natural environment would be fostered into the school children, who were seen as future citizens of the world, and that they would implement changes to preserve the natural environment when they reached adulthood. Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph (from negatives) printed on matte photographic paperObverse: AN ADDRESS/ ON NATURE STUDY/ Reverse: 6955 (in pencil)/ ©/ DONALD HAYES/ BEECHWORTH (stamped in orange ink)/entertainment album, burke museum, beechworth, nature study, nature, study

A badly worn brown and blue marbled style coloured covered Nature Study Exercise book for student use in schools. There is a white rectangular sticker with a decorative green and brown border pasted in the middle of the front cover with the title, and a Name and Class line with the student's details added in ink and pencil. It is stapled at the spine with green tape binding it together. The book is filled with different Nature Study topics such as Roots,The Vine Moth, The Violet and others, all handwritten in grey pencil. The first page is filled with pencilled columns of numbers counting by fives 5 - 690. It was used in 1912 by Louis Kolling Class 3.non-fictionA 1912-era exercise book would likely feature hand-drawn sketches of plants or insects, pressed flowers, and handwritten observations made by a student. The pages of the book would have a lined page on the left and a blank page for illustrations opposite.australian schools, school equipment, school books, school subjects

Ruby Wilson was related to the Wieland family through the marriage of her sister Amy Ellen Thelma to Stanley Wieland.Blue covered book with black stenciled picture of gum tree , koala , kangaroo and kookaburras.All pages filled with hand writing and drawn pictures In ink on back the name Wilson.

Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 1977

Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 1977

Specimens collected by student in 1912.Exercise book containing specimens of flowers collected in 1912 by Dorothy DixonDorothy Dixon Grade IV

Notes on Eggs and Breeding Habits of Fishes Brook's Nature-Study Series Author: David G Stead Publisher: William Brooks & Co Date: 1907Label on spine cover with typed text RA 639.3 STE Pastedown front end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Librarywarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, notes on eggs and breeding habits of fishes, brook's nature-study series, david g stead

Taken in c. 1900, depicted is a group of adults and children dressed in formal attire standing and sitting on a granite outcrop that overlooks a valley surrounded by a cluster of eucalyptus trees. The group is participating in a nature study.Nature study was a new subject introduced into the school curriculum throughout the English-speaking world in the 1890s and 1900s that taught students about the natural environment. It was hoped that a concern about the natural environment would be fostered into the school children, who were seen as future citizens of the world, and that they would implement changes to preserve the natural environment when they reached adulthood.Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paperReverse: 6953 (in pencil)/ ©/ DONALD HAYES/ BEECHWORTH (stamped in orange ink)entertainment album, beechworth, burke museum, nature study

Taken in c. 1900, depicted is a large group of adults and children dressed in formal attire gathered on a granite outcrop around a man giving a lecture on nature studies. Some members of the group are standing while others are seated or lounging.Nature study was a new subject introduced into the school curriculum throughout the English-speaking world in the 1890s and 1900s that taught students about the natural environment. It was hoped that a concern about the natural environment would be fostered into the school children, who were seen as future citizens of the world, and that they would implement changes to preserve the natural environment when they reached adulthood.Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paperReverse: 6954 (in pencil)/ ©/ DONALD HAYES/ BEECHWORTH (stamped in orange ink)/entertainment album, beechworth, burke museum, nature study

Nature Studies in Australia Author: William Gillies, Publisher: Whitcombe & Tombs Date: 1903Label on spine with typed text R.A.574.994 GIL Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Corangamite Regional Library Service warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, william gillies, nature studies in australia

Printed letter relating to the establishment and fees for the Ballarat Field Club and Science Society. This society had strong associations with the Ballarat School of Mines. ballarat field club and science society, ballarat field naturalists club, hermann ritz, nature study, ballarat school of mines

A small rectangular paperback booklet: ABC Broadcasts to Schools Senior Primary 1959. The front cover has the title and details printed on a black, red and white triangular background with music notes, a stave, a red outlined lined globe with children dancing underneath it and leaves. On the title page is a message to the girls and boys of Victoria from the Director of Education, A. S. Ramsay, with a black and whie photograph of him on the right. Publishing details are below. The booklet includes a list of Programmes which are broadcast with a Timetable, Special Projects, Health and Hygiene, Speaking and Listening The Correspondence School Speaks, Singing Together (with added music),The World we Live In, Nature Studies, A Time for Music, Our Australia, Lands of our Fathers (Social Studies for Grade V1) There are illustrations, maps, diagrams throughout. Pp 80. non-fictionThe small booklet includes a list of Programmes which are broadcast by the ABC Victoria with a Timetable, Special Projects, Health and Hygiene, Speaking and Listening The Correspondence School Speaks, Singing Together (with added music),The World we Live In, Nature Studies, A Time for Music, Our Australia, Lands of our Fathers (Social Studies for Grade V1) There are illustrations, maps, diagrams throughout. radio equipment, australian schools, abc booklet, radios, broadcasts to schools

A nature study exercise book with pasted flower specimens on each page gathered at Vermont 1912 by Dorothy Dixon a Grade IV student. A list summarises the content of the book with additions and amendments in 1993 by Mr Les Smith of the Blackburn Tree Preservation Society.plants, dixon, dorothy, vermont, native plants

Brown cover, blue spine, series of booklets inside representing the 'Course of Study, Primary Schools' Includes course for handwriting, mathematics, health, English, Nature Study, needlework, School library, music. Name written on cover in black text, Education Department Victoria Coat of Arms on top of cover.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s.

The Bulla Primary School students were taken on a nature excursion to a nearby park as part of their science and nature studies.A non-digital coloured photograph of children on a school outing from Bulla Primary School running across an open area.bulla primary school, school excursions, nature studies

Hardcover book with a green fabric cover. Black and gold image of two school girls on cover. 279 pages. 8 full-page original illustrations by Percy Tarrant.fictionA Public School story.jessie mansbergh, sydneham ladies school, violet knight, mrs. george de horne vaizey, fiction

The photograph was taken when children from the Bulla primary School went on a school excursion to Werribee Park Mansion and Open Range Zoo. After doing a tour of the mansion the children stopped along the path to do some exercises together before moving on to the zoo. The excursion was part of their environmental and nature studies. The excursion to Werribee to the mansion and the zoo was included into the children's environmental and history studies. School excursions also add to their social interaction beyond the classrooms.A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of young children doing exercises in a park with a mansion in the middle distance.werribee mansion, werribee park open range zoo, bulla primary school, school excursions.

Susan Zull was the daughter of Florence Ada and Robert Henry Zull of Brunswick when she attended Coburg School, no 484 in the early 1960s. This undated progress report, cites numerical scores for June and December for Grade three for the subjects: speech, reading, composition, english, spellling, writing, arithmetic, social studies, nature study, health knowledge, art, and needlework. It also provides a short report on Susan's progress. The report is signed by W. E. Thomas Head teacher and Robert H. Zull The family would move to Eltham in 1963. susan zull, susan bennett, coburg school, report card, grade 3, education, primary, elementary, subjects, robert zull, w. e. thomas

This magazine promotes the protection of wildlife and the need for proper management of national parks. Its editor Crosbie Morrison lobbied for a National Parks Authority which was finally set up under Morrison's directorship in 1957. During the 1940's and 1950's Crosbie Morrison (1900 - 1958) became Australia's best known naturalist. As a journalist with commercial radio and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, he made regular national nature study broadcasts to schools and other radio listeners for 20 years. He was the editor of Wild Life, a magazine which fostered interest in Australia's natural history and conservation, from 1938-54. (ref. CHAH web-site)This magazine reflects the work and legacy of Crosbie Morrison who campaigned for Victoria's national park system.A 100 pp magazine, covers missing, with b/ w photographs and articles on wildlife. It was intended for campers and those interested in nature. This is Volume 14 No 1.stamp of High School Orbostmagazine-wildlife morrison-crosbie natural-science

This magazine promotes the protection of wildlife and the need for proper management of national parks. Its editor Crosbie Morrison lobbied for a National Parks Authority which was finally set up under Morrison's directorship in 1957. During the 1940's and 1950's Crosbie Morrison (1900 - 1958) became Australia's best known naturalist. As a journalist with commercial radio and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, he made regular national nature study broadcasts to schools and other radio listeners for 20 years. He was the editor of Wild Life, a magazine which fostered interest in Australia's natural history and conservation, from 1938-54. (ref. CHAH web-site) This magazine reflects the work and legacy of Crosbie Morrison who campaigned for Victoria's national park system.A 398 pp soft covered magazine with green covers. The title "WILD LIFE and OUTDOORS" is in black print.Below this is a coloured drawing of two women camping on the edge of a cliff. One is hanging on to the edge looking at a bird's nest. The magazine contains articles and photographs in black / white print.on front cover - "M. Gilbert' in red penmagazine-wild-life morrison-crosbie natural-history natural-science

By 1966 when this poem and article were written by these state school students, the Phillip Island Penguin Parade had become famous and was a regular excursion destination for groups. The poem in rhyming couplets of 4 lines per stanza is typical of its time with human-centric description of the penguins in 'coat and tails', but both the poem and essay also indicate a growing interest in the evolution and behaviour at sea and on land of the Little Penguins. The Gould League of Bird Lovers, Victoria branch, which published these pieces in their 1966 edition of the Bird Lover magazine, was established for both children's 'nature studies' within school curricula, and for adults. The League published many booklets, posters and newsletters for schools and naturalists. The article demonstrates a growing interest in state schools in teaching students about Australian wildlife at the time. Little Penguins are very appealing to humans and given the accessiblity for viewing them at the Phillip Island Penguin Parade, provided teachers and students an ideal springboard for learning. Encouraging both poetry and essay form also indicated a broad approach to allowing students to express their knowledge and attitudes in various ways within the school setting.Also demonstrates the influence of the Gould League of Bird Lovers within the Victorian Education system.Photocopy of article. Black print on white paper with single greyscale image. Three-stanza poem "The Penguin" by Janice Ah Kee, followed by 4-paragraph description of life in the rookery by Diana Joseph. Both from Victorian state schools.litte penguin, fairy penguin, , bird lover, state school 3125 eagle point, state school 4655 morwell, janice ah kee, diana joseph, christine ryan photo, phillip island penguin parade, gould league of bird lovers, gould league of victoria, phillip island nature parks

The students from the former Bulla Primary School were enjoying an excursion to a nearby nature reserve to study some of the insect life to be found in the waterway and the native plants in that environment. The nature excursion was part of the students' environmental and science studies.A non-digital coloured photograph of children sitting on a grassy hillside listening to a teacher who is holding up a large chart while explaining something to them.bulla primary school, nature studies, bulla, school excursions