Collection 1232 - Wagga Wagga Teachers' College [WWTC]

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SA 1232

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Wagga Wagga Teachers' College [WWTC]

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  • 1945-1959 (Creation)

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0.02m; 3 items (2 in oversized box, 1 in oversized album)

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(1 January 1947 - 1 January 1972)

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Wagga Wagga Teachers' College was established in 1947 to provide a two year course for the training of infant and primary school teachers. (1) Nine lecturers were appointed in January 1947 with George Leslie Blakemore, B.A., as Principal and Griffiths Duncan, M.A. as Deputy Principal. (2)

Under section 17(1) of the Higher Education Act 1969 (Act No.29, 1969) Wagga Wagga Teachers College was declared a College of Advanced Education within the Department of Education from 1 September 1971. (3)

From 1 January 1972 under section 17 (1) of the Higher Education Act 1969, the Wagga Wagga Teachers' College was amalgamated with the Riverina College of Advanced Education, becoming the School of Teacher Training. (4)

Endnotes:

  1. Charles Sturt University - Mitchell, p.9.
  2. Public Service List, 1947.Sydney, NSW Government Printer, 1948, p.108.
  3. NSW Government Gazette No.95, 27 August 1971, p.3299.
  4. Charles Sturt University - Mitchell, p.9; NSW Government Gazette No.129, 5 November 1971, p.4278.

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Two aerial photographs of the RAAF Hospital No. 1 at Wagga Wagga from the north and south; photograph of teaching students outside the Administration Building at the Wagga Wagga Teachers' College.

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