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Reverend Henry Carmichael c1860

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The School of Arts movement

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, about 140 schools of arts or mechanics' institutes were established in Sydney by volunteers. They were independent community organisations, assisted by a small government subsidy, and they thrived as centres of local community life. Today, their legacy in Sydney is more than just the surviving buildings. Out of these humble voluntary operations developed the local public library, the modern community or neighbourhood centre, and formal systems of adult and technical education.

Carmichael, Henry

Reverend, educationist, winemaker and activist, Henry Carmichael influenced education and public life in the colony for 30 years.

Schools of Arts