Record series
Domestic Arts Schools (Girls' Schools) Correspondence
VPRS 10273
1924 - 1955
Open
North Melbourne
Agencies
This record series was created by:
Education Department ( VA714 ): 1924 - 1955
Agencies responsible for this record series: Department of Education ( VA 3098 ): 1992 - present
Date Range
Series date range: 1924 - 1955
Series in custody:
1924 - 1955
Contents in custody:
1924 - 1955
Function / Content
Correspondence received by the Education Department from Domestic Arts (later Girls' Schools) throughout the State is filed in this series. Written correspondence (as opposed to returns of forms) has a registered number and may be annotated with notes of action taken and/or the suggested outlines of a reply. Later correspondence may have a carbon copy of the reply attached. Full details of correspondence sent to schools may be found in VPRS 10275 Outwards Letter Books, Post-Primary Schools and VPRS 10059 Outwards Letter Books.Correspondence dealt with such matters as requisitions for school supplies and the forwarding of accounts for payment; teachers' appointments, examinations and payments of salary, evaluation by Inspectors and leave; the granting of school holidays; copies of newspaper cuttings about the school and publications by the school; requests for interpretations of Departmental policy; parent and/or community complaints; requests for special assistance or staff and regular returns required by the Education Department.
