Description of Content
View of classroom and wood-work class at Brunswick State School. The boys are all wearing aprons. This photograph shows an 'Educational Sloyd' woodwork class at Central Brunswick State School, 1915. Ronald Alfred Cheers is the first boy on the right of the photograph, aged about 12. 'Sloyd' was a special kind of teaching technique, where students would learn general skills like manual dexterity and discipline through crafts such as woodwork.
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Dr Christina Cheers PhD, 08 Dec 2006
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Place & Date Depicted
Victoria Street, Brunswick, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1915
Source of Date Depicted: Based on age of Ronald Cheers, who was born in 1903 and thus about age 12 or 13 in the photograph. -
Photographer
W Edmends
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Individuals Identified
Cheers, Ronald Alfred; other people unknown
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Format
Digital file, TIFF, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Sloyd class at Central Bwk S.S. Ronald Alfred first on the right.
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Classification
Education, Trade & technical schools, Classrooms & facilities
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