Historical information

Robert Raikes was an Anglican philanthropist heavily interested in prison reform via education. He was a pioneer of the Sunday School movement. Schools were organised on Sundays as most children worked 6 days a week in factories, mines etc. Initially the Sunday Schools were only for boys. The first Sunday School was established in Melbourne in 1838-39 and in Bendigo in 1855.

Physical description

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Stylish: this photo was taken at the Founder of Sunday Schools Robert Raikes Pageant probably in 1924, at the Bendigo's Upper Reserve. Back row: Wallace Trebilcock, Ken MacDonald, Phylis Trebilcock, Harold Edfelder, Nance ?, Jean Yates, Jean Bynon, ? Thomson, Henry Lewis. Middle row: Thelma MacDonald, Pearse Taylor, Beatrice Bennett, Patience Taylor. Front row: Jack Eddy, ??, Gladys Hogan, Arthur Yates. The clip is in a folder.