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ANME aims to promote the historical study of education, and assists with the publication of original research related to the rich primary sources in our collection.

Through publication, ANME contributes to the full appreciation of historical research in education and supports the work of local school museums.

Our research efforts inform the content of regular exhibitions, support our lectures and workshops, and have led to the production of several significant resources, including:

  • Schools, Students and World War I: A Commemorative Display

  • From the Centre to the Periphery: Thinking Historically with ACT Educational History

  • Mowbray House Sydney: Reflections: A case study of a Sydney North Shore Boys’ Preparatory School, 1906 – 1954

  • The First School Teachers and Schools in Colonial New South Wales 1789-1810 (featured below)

  • Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century School Textbooks in the Australian National Museum of Education (featured below)

  • Women in Education: A DVD series. The first edition features Ruby Riach OAM
The First School Teachers and Schools in Colonial New South Wales

The First School Teachers and Schools in Colonial New South Wales

Researcher: Dr Geoffrey Burkhardt, Senior Curator, ANME.

Abstract: This project set out to identify the first school teachers to teach in the colony of NSW in the period 1788-1810. Thirty men and women have been identified as having taught in a NSW school at least for one year during the period. Of these thirty a total of seventeen were discovered to have been convicts, four were missionaries, one was a soldier and the others, free emigrants. The three most significant people contributing to the establishment of schools in the infant colony during its first twenty years were Rev. Richard Johnson, the settlement’s first chaplain, Phillip Gidley King, founder and Lieutenant Governor of Norfolk Island (1788-1797) and later third Governor of NSW (1801-1808), and Rev. Samuel Marsden.

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The Collection of Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth Century School Textbooks in the Australian National Museum of Education

The Collection of Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth Century School Textbooks in the Australian National Museum of Education

Researcher: Dr Geoffrey Burkhardt, Senior Curator, ANME.

The Australian National Museum of Education has sought to compile a representative historical collection of school textbooks reflecting the changes in curriculum, policy and practice in Australian schools during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ANME has published a guide to the collection, showing how textbooks reflect the development of Australian primary and secondary school curricula, highlighting the emergence of Australian textbook publishing and the adaptation of English practices to meet the challenges of establishing colonial education systems. Publishers such as Robertson & Mullins, William Brooks, Whitcombe & Tombs and Angus & Robertson, contracted numerous Australian based school teachers as authors for their expanding schoolbook market.

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Monograph series

A highlight on ANME’s calendar is our Annual Historical Perspectives on Education Lecture: Our distinguished speakers produce a monograph on the subject of their presentation. We are grateful for their contribution to our collection.

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  • Kirby Michael AC, CMG (Upcoming). Gaps in the tapestry: indigenes, human rights and dangerous times.

  • Trethewey, Lynne (2021). A Microcosm of Rural Education Beyond the Periphery: Kangaroo Island South Australia 1870-1920. ANME Monograph Series No 12.

  • Riordan, Geoffrey (2018). A Brief History of Attached Schools: Forms, Purposes and Critical Factors for Success in University School Partnerships. ANME Monograph Series No 11.

  • Elliott, Alison (2016) Looking Back, Looking Forward: Changing Contexts for Early Childhood Education. Canberra: Australian National Museum of Education Monograph Series, No 10.

  • Braga, Stuart (2015). Influenza 1919. How Three Schools Coped with the Epidemic. Canberra:  ANME Monograph Series No 9.

  • Triolo, Rosalie (2014). ‘Teachers Would Make Good Soldiers’: The Relationships between Victorian Teachers’ Education and Employment Backgrounds and Experiences as Soldiers in the Great War. Canberra:  ANME Monograph Series No 8.

  • Sherington, Geoffrey (2014). Education and Nation Building in Australia 1913 and Beyond. Canberra:  ANME Monograph Series No 7.

  • McGaw, Barry (2013).  The First Australian Curriculum. Canberra: Australian National Museum of Education. Monograph Series No 6.

  • Trimingham Jack, Christine (2012). Female Teachers in Classic Children’s Literature. Canberra:  ANME Monograph Series No 5.

  • Dufty, David ( 2010), Integrated Studies of Society, Culture and Environment and the Pursuit of Well Rounded Models: ANME Monograph Series No.4

  • Ramsland,  John ( 2010). The Great Australian Silence Reigns. Aboriginal Children and Schooling in New South Wales 1901–1970. Canberra: Australian National Museum of Education. Monograph Series No 3.

  • Kyle, Noeline ( 2009). Mad Aunts, Illegitimate Children and Royal Bloodlines! Family, Women and History in 2008. Canberra: ANME Monograph Series No 2.

  • Selleck, R.J.W. (2008).  A Cold Coming. Canberra: ANME Monograph Series No 1.

School museums handbook

 If you have wonderful historical items on display or in your school ‘presses’, this handbook will help you care for them.

— Cheryl O’Connor CEO, Australian College of Educators

ANME aims to promote the historical study of education, and assists the publication of original research related to the rich primary sources in its collection that include policy and curriculum documents, textbooks and everyday working materials. Through publication, it seeks to contribute to the the full appreciation of historical research in education. ANME also seeks to support local school museums, preserve and develop their displays and collections.

A handbook for planning and managing school museums

How our handbook can help:

  • The concept of  ‘a museum of schooling’
  • Purposes and goals of a school museum
  • Categorising items for exhibitions
  • Documenting and displaying items
  • Administrative procedures
  • Caring, storing and conserving items
  • Preventative conservation techniques
  • Writing a brief school history

The Handbook is available from the ANME office located in the University of Canberra.

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How to order

ANME publications are available to purchase for $30.00 (includes postage and packaging.) Cheques must be made payable to the Australian National Museum of Education. Copies will be mailed or may be collected from the ANME Office, Room 5A4, Building 5, University of Canberra, ACT. 

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