The Best Time of their Lives: Researching the History of Prahran Technical School
The history of Prahran Technical School is a remarkable story. Created by the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute, the ‘Tech’ opened in High Street in 1915. With both junior and senior sections, a boys’ school and later a girls’ school, it survived for fifty years with barely sufficient funding. Art had al...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Record Office Victoria
2006-10-01
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| Series: | Provenance : The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria |
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| Online Access: | http://prov.vic.gov.au/publications/provenance/provenance2006/the-best-time-of-their-lives |
| Summary: | The history of Prahran Technical School is a remarkable story. Created by the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute, the ‘Tech’ opened in High Street in 1915. With both junior and senior sections, a boys’ school and later a girls’ school, it survived for fifty years with barely sufficient funding. Art had always featured as a major stream of study, however, and in the 1960s it became Melbourne’s most innovative art school. In this paper the author shares her experiences of gathering her material and shaping her research. |
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| ISSN: | 1832-2522 |