Indexes - Teachers in Queensland 1860-1904
The Board of General Education came into being in 1860 and was responsible for education in Queensland. At some time about 1870, details concerning teachers were copied into two registers, one for males and one for females (EDB/O1 - EDB/O2). The registers provide a succinct record of the teachers’ careers. The index from the Board of General Education registers (EDB/O1-2) has been included because there is sometimes not a corresponding page in the register. The index gives brief information about each teacher.
The index at the front of each of these registers appears to be a list of all teachers who had taught for the Board. It is possible for one teacher to be listed in this index three times. Entries would be in the index, and in each series of registers.
The Department of Public Instruction replaced the Board of General Education in 1875. All teachers working for the Department were entered or re-entered into new registers, this practice continued until 1904 (EDU/V1-EDU27).
The information recorded in the registers for Male teachers includes:
Teacher’s name; Date of birth; Nationality (sometimes gives birthplace); Religious denomination; Date admitted to the service; Date of resignation; Professional training received; Classifications; Appointments [schools] ; Miscellaneous facts; Usual signature [an example as written by the Department];Number of Children; Inspectors reports; Remarks; Salary details. For Female teachers the following additional information is included: Name of Husband (if married); Husband’s occupation.
The information pages are provided for those teachers who were teaching at the time the registers were created and not all entries are complete.
There may be one, two or three entries in the index for a teacher. The EDU/V reference will usually be the most complete. Where there is only an index reference, the teacher was employed prior to the creation of the registers.
Please Note:
The index was sorted by computer, consequently, MAC and MC are located in strict alphabetical sequence and names beginning with O’ are found before any other names beginning with O.
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Index to EDB/O
The above image (click for larger image) is an example of the EDB/O index,
showing a List of Teachers Employed Under the Board of General Education,
Queensland.
Register
The above image (click for larger image) is from the EDU V14 Register, showing the entry for Agnes Bailey.
See also - Brief Guide to School Records.
How to Order Individual Entries
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A to Cooney (PDF
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Cooper to Griffin
(PDF 208 KB)
Griffith to
Lynam (PDF 210 KB)
Lynch to Perry
(PDF 198 KB)
Peterson
to Taylor, Robert (PDF 181 KB)
Taylor,
Ruby to Zillman (PDF 114 KB)
