Education records part 2

Types of items that may be held at the PROV include:

•  pupil registers & indexes
• inspectors' reports
• school committee, mothers club records
• school magazines
• correspondence
• records of academic achievement
• discipline records
• class photographs

To find a school:

• Go to Access the Collection
•  Select Find by Number
• Select the Group button
• Type the number 24 (educational institutions)
• Select Related Agencies
• Click on Agency Title for a list of schools in alphabetical order together with their VA number

There is also an online index available when searching for a school.
 
Secondary High Schools began in 1907

VPRS 1440 Registers of Professional Officers

VPRS 14390 War Service  Publications

VPRS 13718 Teacher Record Books - there is an online index

Inspector Report Book contains reports of each visit to a school

School Building Files

• VPRS 795  - Primary Schools
• VPRS 3916  - High Schools

Information may also be found in Public Works Department Files and MMBW Survey Plans

• VPRS 7882 Public Building Files - index online
• VPRS 9044 Public Building Plans too large to fit in normal file

Records for non government schools generally not held but information may be located School Buildings Files: Non Government and also in Health Department Files.

Records of the former Education History Unit include:

• VPRS 14557 School histories & other publications
• VPRS 14519 School history files
• VPRS 15355 Biography files
• VPRS 14004 Donations

Student magazines include copies of The School Paper

Records may also be found in other government departments:

• Royal Commissions
• Crown Land Reserve files
• Education Gazettes

Check archives in other states for education records held.

Ancestry.com.au now includes a number of New South Wales school registers including NSW Teachers' Rolls 1869-1908