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Educationist

Occupation - Educationist
Atkinson, Meredith
Barff, Jane Foss
Board, Peter
Cape, William Timothy
Carmichael, Henry
Cleland, Bilal
Currey, Charles Herbert
Harris, Harold Lark
Irvine, Robert Francis
Macdonald, Louisa
Mackie, Alexander
Mansbridge, Albert
Mansbridge, Frances
Nakata, Martin
Nangle, James
Ross, Lloyd Robert Maxwell
Stewart, David
Temple, William
Turner, John William
Warren, William Henry
West, Winifred
Wyndham, Harold

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Educationist

Atkinson, Meredith

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English academic and supporter of the Workers Educational Association movement in Australia.

Barff, Jane Foss

Educationist who was in only the second group of women to be admitted to the University of Sydney in 1884. She tutored women students and promoted the cause of women undergraduates.

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Board, Peter

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Director of education who revolutionised public schooling in New South Wales in the early twentieth century.

Cape, William Timothy

Teacher and educationist who founded schools and was a supporter of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts and other Sydney institutions.

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Carmichael, Henry

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The Reverend Henry Carmichael was a Scottish minister, teacher and educationist who was a founder of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. He moved to the Hunter Valley in 1838, where he pioneered viticulture in the colony.

Cleland, Bilal

Educationist who converted to Islam 30 years ago and has become historian of the faith in Australia.

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Currey, Charles Herbert

 Australian and legal historian. The CH Currey Memorial Fellowship 'to promote the writing of Australian history from the original sources' has been awarded annually by the State Library of New South Wales since 1974.

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Harris, Harold Lark

High school teacher, lecturer in history at Sydney Teachers' College and a regular tutor at the Workers' Educational Association in Sydney.

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Irvine, Robert Francis

Teacher and lecturer who became the first professor of Economics at the University of Sydney in 1912. He also gave the first lecture in the Australian branch of the WEA in 1913.

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Macdonald, Louisa

Educationist whose fight for a university education in England equipped her well for the battle to establish the academic and corporate traditions of Women's College when a university education for women seemed to many 'not only unnecessary but unsuitable'.

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Mackie, Alexander

Educationist whose long tenure at Sydney Teachers College saw great progress towards his ideal of teachers as well educated professionals.

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Mansbridge, Albert

One of the founders, with his wife Frances Mansbridge, of the Workers Educational Association in England.

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Mansbridge, Frances

One of the founders, with her husband Albert Mansbridge, of the Workers Educational Association in England.

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Nakata, Martin

Professor Nakata Martin has worked in the area of Indigenous education for several decades, and is a leading Indigenous academic in Australiat. He is the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Education & Strategy) at James Cook University.

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Nangle, James

Architect, educator and astronomer who helped reorganise technical education in Sydney.

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Ross, Lloyd Robert Maxwell

Lloyd Robert Maxwell Ross (1901-1987), adult educator, trade union official and journalist.

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Stewart, David

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One of the founders of the Workers' Educational Association in Sydney (WEA Sydney) in 1913, and the organisation's General Secretary from 1913 until his death in 1954. He was also a member of the Commonwealth Advisory Committe to UNESCO.

Temple, William

President of the English WEA (Workers' Educational Association) who visited Australia in 1910 and discussed founding a branch of the organisation with director of the New South Wales Department of Public Instruction, Peter Board. He later became the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Turner, John William

Teacher and administrator whose career ranged from pupil-teacher to Superintendent of Technical Education in New South Wales.

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Warren, William Henry

Civil engineer who became the first Professor of Engineering at the University of Sydney.

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West, Winifred

Teacher and educationist who founded Frensham School at Mittagong.

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Wyndham, Harold

Influential educationist and reformer of secondary education in New South Wales.

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