TEACHERS TRANSFERRED ISSUE 4 Trove Tuesday 26th Jul 2022

Teachers were often transferred around various schools, not always by choice.  These notices are readily available thanks to TROVE and make some interesting reading. Can you find a favourite teacher or school in this post? As this is Issue 4 for Teachers Transferred, you can easily search for Issues 1, 2 & 3.. or use the links at the end of this page. You can also go directly to the original post via this link...

What was your favourite school? Any stories and/or photos happily received.   Please click to enlarge.

PinterestCamperdown Public School on Parramatta Rd,between Mallett and Australia Streets in 1911. | Sydney city, Australia, City

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Tuesday 22 June 1880 (No.233)     http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221630706

Crown St Public School Surry Hills 1880

Newtown Public School Staff 1909

Ultimo Public School - Pyrmont History Group

TEACHERS TRANSFERRED

Issue 1

Issue 2

Issue 3

Many schools have pages re their history... you can visit the State Archives of the state you are interested in or simply look for the history of a particular school. A few links to give you an idea...

Ultimo Public School History

Glebe Street School

Waverley College

STRANGE HEADLINES Trove Tuesday 19th Jul 2022

 

Sometimes we need a break from history.. in the true sense of the word... and instead of convicts or great events, etc. just need a laugh or that ever effective raised eyebrow..

So here we are, simply enjoy..

Please click to enlarge or go to link..

Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Wednesday 24 November 1937, page 3 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23592037

Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Wednesday 22 December 1937, page 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23592477

Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Wednesday 27 July 1938, page 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18906192

Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Wednesday 2 November 1938, page 3

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18908242

Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 14 June 1960, page 2

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137115855

Images courtesy of clip-art library

CONVICT STORIES Trove Tuesday 12th Jul 2022

 

British convict cooks in broad arrow uniforms

standing at attention waiting for the governor.

Courtesy of https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Broad_arrow

You may have read many posts that included lists of tickets of leave, absconded convicts, pardons and shipping lists among others. However, there are numerous stories about convicts and the lives they led. 

These are just a few...

Please click to enlarge or use link to see original.

Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), Monday 30 April 1906, page 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89627153

Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sunday 8 November 1953, page 23. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202682338

More information

Limeburners Bay - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Limeburners_Bay

HMS Buffalo

"The Buffalo was at anchor in Mercury Bay on July 29, 1840 when an enormous gale blew up, some reported it as hurricane force, and the ship was wrecked."

more information
https://www.thebuffalo.com.au/hms-buffalo-original/

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Thursday 24 August 1933, page 16 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90889238

You can see and read more about the Hobart Ordinance stores on Geoff Richies' blog at

http://ontheconvicttrail.blogspot.com/2014/03/hobart-ordnance-store.html

You can also read more about Hobart's history at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart

Maritime Museum of TasmaniaThe Journey - by Sailing Ship | Maritime Museum of Tasmania

This is just one of the convict articles I have written over the years

Strange Convict Stories

You can find more by using the search bar at the end of the page.