Schools and education

What else is there?

General

• Inspectors’ reports of examinations in state schools, 1898-1909 (ED30), or see the chronological list (AE958)
• Inspectors’ reports on staff, teaching and organisation of schools, 1890-1970 (ED31), or see the chronological list (AE958)
• Inspectors’ reports on staff, teaching and organisation of high schools, 1913-1939 (ED32)
• Inspectors’ incidental reports on staff, teaching and organisation of schools, 1918-1939 (ED36)

Records about teachers and other Department of Education staff

• ​​​Applications for registration of a teacher, 1987-1991 (CB23/6)
• Personal files of teachers, 1908-1986 (ED190). The website lists the teachers but not every file has survived. See the description field online for further information.
• Indexed register to teachers in general correspondence (ED9), 1905-1916 (ED28/1/2)
• Index to teachers in general correspondence (ED9), 1910-1916 (ED27)
• Registers of teachers’ work history while employed by the Department, 1855-1916 (ED44)
• Registers of salaries and allowances to teachers and others connected with the Department, 1895-1939 (ED45)
• Register of teachers appointed to subsidised schools, 1912-1916 (ED54)
• Registers of state and other schools with details of attendance, teachers and salaries, 1905-1956 (ED55)
• Registers of applications and examination results for probationary teacher- studentships, 1914-1947 (ED236)
• Registers of students’ work (Teachers’ record books), 1944-1977 (ED29/7)
• Reports and results of teachers examinations, 1929-1943 (CB23/5)
• Examination and associated papers with lists of results about the annual examination of teachers, 1872-1910 (ED70)
• Correspondence about teachers resignations, 1905-1924 (ED17)
• The Educational Record (Official Gazette of the Education Department) 1931-1967 (AC98). The January editions provide an annual list of teachers arranged by school (including classification and salary).
• Personal files of non-teaching staff, 1956-1965 (ED191)
• Index to non-teaching Staff, 1950-1970 (AD295)

General Correspondence Files

There are large gaps in some correspondence files.

• General correspondence (1), 1875-1904 (ED1)
• General correspondence (2), 1896-1904 (ED4)
• General correspondence (3), 1905-1916 (ED9)
• General correspondence (4), 1906-1991 (ED183)
• General correspondence “O” Series, 1917-1939 (ED10)
• Correspondence about schools (ED11)
• Secretary’s and director’s letter books 1857-1947 (ED13)

Not all correspondence has survived but the indexes, registers and letter books (ED13) can provide a potted history.

Indexes – General correspondence

• Indexes to correspondence, 1855-1905 (ED6)
• Indexes to general correspondence (Boards of Advice) 1905-1916 (ED28/1/1)
• Index to “O” Series correspondence, 1917-1961 (AD282)
• Subject index to correspondence, 1912-1968 (AD297)

References to schools in correspondence

• Index to general correspondence (Schools) 1905-1916 (ED28/1/3)
• Alphabetical index to schools, 1914-1981 (AD335)
• Alphabetical index to closed Schools, 1915-1974 (AD347)

Registers of general correspondence

• Registers of correspondence, 1855-1905 (ED3)
• Register of general correspondence, 1899-1904 (ED5)
• General correspondence “A” Series, 1881-1904 (ED7)
• Register of correspondence about particular schools and subjects, 1904-1905 (ED26)
• Register of correspondence about school buildings and accommodation, 1881-1904 (ED8)
• Register of inward correspondence, 1905-1939 (ED12)
• Subject index to correspondence with main headings, 1912-1968 (AD331)
• Numerical register of correspondence 1912-1968 (AD332)

Library resources

• Tasmanian school yearbooks
• Histories of Tasmanian schools
• More resources on schools and education in Tasmania

Records from or about schools

To locate a record from or about a particular school you can perform a basic search. For example, entering ‘Hagley Farm School’ produces not only records received from the School (‘Agency TA1456 Hagley Farm School’) but also records from other agencies such as Public Works Department plans, films and photographs. In this example the list is long. You can narrow the search by clicking the radio button, ‘Boolean Query’. Then you can search only for films by entering ‘Hagley Farm School and film’.