Sydney and the Bush A Pictorial History of Education in New South Wales

Sydney and the Bush

A Pictorial History of Education in New South Wales

New South Wales Department of Education, 1980
Black and white photographs throughout text with black and white photographic endpapers
ISBN: 0724044795
Hardcover with black and white photographic boards

Condition: Very Good
A little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, ex-lib with institute pocket on front endpaper, ‘16’ in black marker on all fore-edges.  Plastic protective covering a little tatty. (see photographs)

“This pictorial record of education in New South Wales commemorates the centenary of the State’s Department of Education.  The Department was established by the Public Instructions Act of 1880, introduced by the Premier, Sir Henry Parkes, Under this Act, the Government assumed full responsibility for the education of children in New South Wales through a Minister answerable to the Parliament and the people.”