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There are many collections of photographs produced by the Education Department within our collection. Some have been digitised and include images of schools. A sample of these photos are on Flickr.

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Digitised photographs of schools & other education buildings

Black and white photo of an old school building
Record Series Number (VPRS): 1396, 14517, 10516 - covering the years 1890-1967

Non-digitised photographs of schools

Black and white photo, school children on horses
Record Series Number: 1396, 14562, 14514, 14516, 14581