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Extraordinary Stories from the British Museum Activity Sheet
These two photographs show one of three activity packs aimed at children which were available at the Extraordinary Stories from the British Museum exhibition held at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. The exhibition included various items…
The ‘Caxton Window’
An image of the ‘Caxton Window’ located in the Mitchell Reading Room at the State Library of New South Wales. This stained glass window was created in a neo-medieval figurative style by John Radecki of Ashwin and Co., Sydney in 1941. It…
""Useless Latin Grammar." Engineers' President on Education. "The Dead Hand of Medieval Schoolmen."
The author of this article taken from The Sydney Morning Herald, (Friday, 12 March 1909, p. 7) examines the situation of boys' education in Australia. It describes the perspectives of the Engineers' President of Education as they were put forward at…
Modelling Display by Student Teachers
This photograph of a replica medieval monastery was featured in Melbourne newspaper The Argus in 1937. It was constructed by student teachers at the Teachers Training College as part of an exhibition of works, and was designed as a modelling task for…