... Document: Handwritten petition from Mallacoota residents to the Department of Education, 1902...Mallacoota in East Gippsland is a long way from any capital city. Imagine its isolation in the early 20th century. Wealthy families could afford to employ a governess, but there was no education for the children of labourers and fishing families... in remote areas.
Clement Baker was one of these itinerant teachers. In 1910, he taught at three schools: Genoa, Wangrabelle and Mallacoota. Each school operated for two-and-a-half days a fortnight, with lessons left for the children to finish under ...
The exhibition, School Days, developed by Public Record Office Victoria and launched at Old Treasury Building in March 2015, is a history of more than 150 years of schooling in Victoria.
It is a history of the 1872 Education Act - the most significant education reform in Victoria, and a world first! It is a history of early schooling, migrant schooling, Aboriginal schools, women in education, rural education and, of course, education during war time (1914-1918).
This online exhibition is based on the physical exhibition School Days originally displayed at Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, Melbourne, www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au and curated by Kate Luciano in collaboration with Public Record Office Victoria.
