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(Early Education in the Colony), First Report of the Council of…
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11-Dec-2017
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(Early Education in the Colony), First Report of the Council of the Australian College' (Sydney, Horatio Wills, 1832) 8pp stitched into contemporary blue paper covers. Lists the members of the Council, the Masters appointed and progress regarding the formation of a library and the erection of buildings. The Australian College for boys was established in November 1831. It was one of the earliest collegiate schools in the colony to offer a comprehensive curriculum in post-elementary school subjects. The College was founded by Rev John Dunmore Lang as a distinctly Presbyterian foundation following an unsuccessful attempt to establish an elementary school, known as the Caledonian Academy in 1826. It had operated less than one year. Lang recruited staff from Scottish universities as teachers and The Australian College continued until 1841 when it closed for a period of five years, reopening in 1846 and continuing until its closure in 1854.
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