Education history

• State education in Queensland
  • A brief history
    • Introduction
    • Primary education
      • Penal colony to Board of General Education 1826-1860
      • The Board of General Education 1860-1875
      • The Department of Public Instruction 1875-1957
      • The Department of Education 1957-1982
    • Secondary education
      • The grammar schools era 1860-1912
      • Development of State secondary schools 1912-1957
      • Expansion of State secondary education 1957-1982
    • Technical education
      • Origins of technical education 1881-1902
      • Development of technical education 1902-1964
      • Technical education 1964-1982
      • The education of apprentices
      • Technical education by correspondence
    • Tertiary education
    • Special education
      • Development of special education to 1947
      • Development of special education 1948-1957
      • Special education services, 1958-1982
    • Early childhood education
      • Infant schools
      • Kindergartens and preschools
  • A chronology of education in Queensland
  • A chronology of name changes for Education Queensland
  • A chronology of special education in Queensland
  • Female teachers in Queensland State Schools: A history 1860-1983
  • List of Directors-General (DGs) for Education
  • List of Ministers for Education
  • Preschool to Prep chronology
  • Provisional schools in Queensland
    • Origins
    • The growth of provisional schools, 1876-1908
    • Reduction in the number of provisional schools in 1909
    • A stabilised situation
    • Moves to abolish provisional schools, 1947-1966
    • Establishment of Provisional Schools (Extract from the 1897 Regulations of the Department of Public Instruction) (PDF, 60 KB)
  • Technical and further education in Queensland: A history 1860-1990
• Education history topics
  • Anzac Day in Queensland state schools
  • Assessment in Queensland secondary schools
  • Corporal punishment in Queensland state schools
    • Legal aspects
    • Corporal punishment in the theories and methods of teaching
    • The regulations used in Queensland state schools
    • Attitudes and responses of education administrators
    • Attitudes and responses of teachers and the Queensland Teachers Union
    • Public reaction
    • Abolition of corporal punishment
    • Extracts from the regulations of the Department of Education
    • References
  • Empire Day in Queensland state schools
  • Free milk scheme
  • Good Manners chart
  • Lilley Medal
    • Lilley Medal winner
  • Queensland School Readers
    • Irish National Readers
    • Australian Readers
    • Royal Readers
  • State scholarship examination
  • School admission and progression age: since 1875
  • School transport
    • History of the School Transport Assistance Scheme (STAS)
    • History of the School Transport Committee of Review (1993 - 2005)
  • The oldest state primary schools in Queensland
  • The oldest state secondary schools in Queensland
  • The one teacher school
    • Types of one teacher schools
    • Role of the one teacher school
    • The teacher
    • Teaching in remote communities
    • Teaching strategies
    • Conditions
    • Consolidation of one teacher schools
    • Current role
  • The school calendar for Queensland state schools
  • Trafalgar Day in Queensland state schools
• School anniversary celebrations
  • Countdown checklists
    • 2-3 years prior
    • 2 years prior
    • 18 months before
    • 12 months prior
    • 6 months prior
    • 1 month prior
    • After the celebration
  • Information sheets
    • Writing school history
    • Teachers and principals
    • Past students
    • Celebration activities
    • Special guests and requests
    • Historical displays
  • Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools
  • Queensland school anniversaries
• Education history collection
• Education history links