Two of a set of Australian Catholic school readers c. 1908. This books were produced for Catholic schools under the direction of Bishop Higgins of Ballarat in the early twentieth century. They reflect the culture of Irish Catholic Australians in design work and content.Cloth bound primary readers, covers block printed with symbols representing Australia, Ireland and the Catholic church.schoolbooks, catholic, irish, higgins, ballarat.

Fourth Book of Victorian Readers (First Edition). Fabric covered cardboard cover. Printed 1930.books, primary readers, victorian education

Book used in schools for reading.Hard cardboard and red linen coloured cover with black printing. 242 pages.school reader, primary school readers, victorian school readers

Book used in Primary schools for readingHard cardboard and linen green coloured cover with black printing. 216 pages.school reader, primary school readers, victorian school readers

Digital copy of a 'first reader', this Federal Primer is based around Australian themes, for use in Australian schools.Digital copy of a school 'primer' or first reader. 34 pages, illus. (some col.).Name of owner on cover.readers, primary education

These eight books that make up The Victorian Readers, one for each of the grades that then comprised the primary school, were first published by the Victorian Education Department between 1928 and 1930. Second editions of all but the First Book, with a few changes in content, appeared some ten years later. One-quarter of the content was required to be Australian with the remainder from Britain, the United States and Europe. Beginning in the 1950s new Departmental publications gradually replaced the old books with the exception of the Fifth and Sixth books which survived until the late 1960s, when commercially-produced reading material finally took over in schools. The Victorian Readers: Books 1 to 8. Facsimile reprint. Ministry of Education (Schools Division); Melbourne (Vic); 1986. Various p.; illus; maps. Soft cover. ISBN 0 7306 0859 Xvictoria; education department; readers; primary education;

Primary school reader pre world war IILight Brownschool book, frankston

Reader for primary school studentsRobertson's Federal Readers Second Infant Reader. Grey book with sketch of three children, a koala and have trees on the cover.Robertson's Federal Readerseducation, author e pye

This green cloth bound book was used as a fourth grade reader in primary schools from 1965. It was a revised edition of earlier reader.A green cloth bound book used as a fourth grade reader."Gather Round..."education department, schools, george evans collection

This "first reader" for children in a Victorian Primary school was fashioned by the period that it was printed in (1951), and the associated educational principles was applied by the Victorian Educators. It defines the role play of young children, at this point, in their educational development and contained within the(1950's) "society's" mores and expectations. This book was widely used by state schools in Victoria including Mt Beauty and Tawonga Primary Schools.This reader is significant to the Kiewa Valley because it demonstrates that there was still a very marked "one book" fits all school environmental approach by State educators which the local schools were apart of. This book is one of the KVHS children's school book collection, which many were donated by local families whose children went to Mt Beauty Primary School. Therefore this reader represents a social history significance for the period from 1950's and 60's. The book is in good condition, consequently making it suitable for exhibitions, and highlighting schools in the Kiewa Valley along with what local children read in these schools. This primary school reader has an orange cover with "John and Betty" printed in green. Below this is the green outline of a young boy leading his dog(Scottish Terrier) on a lead. Behind him is the red outline of a young girl (bow tied waist belt) in front of a cat(tail up). A thick green line is situated below the figures. The cover is 180 gsm thick. Inside the book are colored sketches of a boy and a girl playing well defined "boy" and "girl" activities (gender specific for the period of print 1951) Below these activities are simple descriptive words for the above activities.On the front page "John and Betty" below this "The earliest Reader for the Little Ones". Below this "Illustrations by Marjorie Howden" Further down the page and in smaller print is "Education Department of Victoria 1951". Below this and under a fine line "A.C. Brookes, Government Printer, Melbourne"first grader reader, primary education 1950's style

This is a reader produced for schools in Victoria in 1909. It contains many simple fables and stories and some phonetic instruction at the beginning of the short articles. It has no specific Australian content. The inscription includes the name ‘Stanley Bell’. There were several Bell families in the Wangoom area early in the 20th century, including one teacher associated with the Wangoom State School. Stanley Bell may have belonged to one of these families. Walter Davies had a book shop in Timor Street, Warrnambool from the late 19th century and three generations of the Davies family were proprietors of this shop over the years. This book is of educational and social interest as an example of the readers used by primary school children in the early 20th century. This is a soft cover book of 80 pages. The cover is brown with black printing. The pages are partly torn and very tattered. The inscriptions are handwritten in black ink and pencil and there is some scribble on the first pages. The text has many black and white illustrations. There is a blue stamp of Walter Davies, the Warrnambool bookseller, on the first page. ‘Stanley J. Bell, Warrumyea, Wangoom’ ‘Walter Davies, Bookseller, Warrnambool’walter davies, stanley bell

This book was supplied by the Victorian Education Department for all Grade 5 students at Government schools. Each student had one including the local family who passed it on to another family member. Books were covered to protect them. In this case a stiff, dull plastic.Historical: Used by grade 5 students in Victorian Government Schools. Provenance: Used and handed down to family members in Tawonga where they lived and went to school.Pale coloured pinkish plastic with white landscape picture in white on it covers the hard covered book. Parts of the plastic have small tears and is wrinkled. Inside front cover: Ann Louden On title page: G. Daviesprimary school. education. victorian education department. tawonga. davies. louden. reader.

Educational book used by Allan Johnson in Grade 4 in a Victorian Government School.Historical: Comparative education for teaching reading in Grade 4 at Victorian Government Schools. Provenance: Allan Johnson's family and education at the Bogong Primary School which was known to have a good library.Grey book with cloth on cardboard cover.In black: Victorian Readers / Fourth Book / emblem in middle of circle surround by double circle inside which is printed Education department Victoria / Bottom righthand side with lines above and below Second Edition Allan Johnson written in ink on cover page.education. reading. schools. victorian education department

This is a form 1 or year 7 English book used for reading. This book would have been used in all schools over Victoria. It consists of assorted stories and poems. It has 242 pagesThis has social and historical significance as it shows what students of the Kiewa Valley in the 1940's were reading in form 1 or in todays year 7. It was donated by the Davies family from Tawonga, and therefore has good interpretive capacity as it is part of a set of readers for primary and high school students. It is also good for research as comparative tool to see what students learn now compaired to the 1940'sThe book has a red material cover with black writing on the front cover and spine. It has the logo on the Education Department of Victoria in black on front cover. Also has Second edition at bottom of front cover. Inside cover has the name G Davies Form 1abook, victorian, davies, education-department-of-victoria, reader, year-seven, form-one

This is a form 2 or year 8 English book used for reading. This book would have been used in all schools over Victoria. It consists of assorted stories and poems. It has 260 pagesThis has social and historical significance as it shows what students of the Kiewa Valley in the 1940's were reading in form 2 or in todays year 8. It was donated by the Davies family from Tawonga, and therefore has good interpretive capacity as it is part of a set of readers for primary and high school students. It is also good for research as a comparative tool to see what students learn now compaired to the 1940'sThe book as a light brown material cover with black writing in front cover and spine. There is a logo of the Victorian Education Department on the front cover. Also in writing "Second Edition" at bottom of front cover. The name G Davies Form 11a is on first inside page.book, school, english, secondary, department-of-education 1940