History of education and North Ryde

On this page:

History of education in NSW

History of NSW Government Schools – searchable index, NSW Department of Education

History of Australian Education – links to various sites

A NSW Aboriginal Education Timeline 1788–2007 by Dr Allison Cadzow for the Board of Studies NSW, 2007 

Glossary of School Types – the various types of schools since 1848, NSW Department of Education

NSW Public Instruction Act of 1880, and Regulations, with Instructions to Teachers (PDF 6.8MB) – 1880 NSW syllabus 

NSW School Children and the Anzacs – resource drawing on primary sources to describe the contribution and experiences of NSW school children during the First World War, NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education

Teacher Training Requirements – a timeline by Carole Riley, genealogy researcher and author

Audio-visual education in NSW, Education Gazette May 1964 – scanned extract from The Education Gazette, May 1964, outlining the production and distribution of filmstrips by the Visual Education Centre of the NSW Department of Education.

Tales Out of School: A Nostalgic Insight into Education for Parents, Teachers and All Those Who Attended School (PDF 23.9MB) – written by local historian Alex McAndrew, self-published by author in 2014

Records and related rtories by Museums of History NSW (formerly NSW State Archives and Records)

School Records Guide – records relating to schools 

School Student Records Guide – information on pupil records and early school photos 

School photographs (NRS-15051) – digitised photographs of public schools and students 

History of North Ryde 

Aboriginal History of Ryde – Ryde City Council

Ryde Online Library – has a collection of historical photographs of the local area.

Description of Mr Joseph Cox’s Farm, North Ryde – published on 1 April 1882 in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser on Trove.

Description of Our Surroundings – North Ryde – published on 8 November 1902 in the The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate on Trove.

Ryde Historical Society – information on the local area.

History of North Ryde Public School

North Ryde Public School class photos 1890-1954 on Flickr – NSW Schoolhouse Museum

North Ryde Public School Celebrating 125 Years 1877-2002 (PDF 14.5MB) – history of North Ryde Public School

North Ryde Public School website – the current school’s website

Museums sector

Trove –National Library of Australia. Harvests from online collections and includes digitised newspapers, journals, diaries, photographs, maps, books, etc.

eHive – searchable museum collections, including the collection of the NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education

Museums and Galleries of NSW – state organisation for the museums sector

Australian Museums and Galleries Association – national organisation for the museums sector

Schoolhouse Museums in NSW – archived listing on Pandora Web Archive, National Library of Australia, originally published by the NSW Department of Education.