Newcastle East Public School - 1816, NSW, Australia
S 32° 55.787 E 151° 46.620
56H E 385658 N 6355834
This is the OLDEST School in Australia; being established a couple of blocks away by Henry Wrensford, a convict on a conditional pardon. The current site goes back to 1878 - Wiki.
It is on the corner of Tyrrell and Brown Streets.
Waymark Code: WMQ3A3
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 12/11/2015
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School supplies were non-existent, so it understood that the students used the slat and chalk method of learning to write.
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"The classes were much bigger in those days and resources were limited. Typical lessons consisted of pages from the King James bible being written out onto the blackboard and the students copying those slavishly onto slates, which would take most of the day, then at the end of the day the head master would have a look at them and give them a tick or a cross or whatever and then they'd rub it all out and do another page the next day. So they were very literate in the bible but a bit light on in mathematics and history. But yes, our kids have a very accurate idea of what school was like in those days and the disciplinary techniques that were used."
The Wikipedia entry: (
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