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Melbourne's Schools Inspector Melbourne's Schools Inspector

Public Record Office Victoria

Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives of Victoria, Australia)

Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives of Victoria, Australia)
North Melbourne, Australia

In reply to the letter from the Town Council on the subject of an Inspector of Schools for Melbourne

In reply to the letter from the Town Council on the subject of an Inspector of Schools for Melbourne

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  • Title: Melbourne's Schools Inspector Melbourne's Schools Inspector
  • Creator: Public Record Office Victoria, Public Record Office Victoria
  • Date Created: 1845-08-14
  • Provenance: VPRS 19 Unit 74 1845/1470, VPRS 19 Unit 74 1845/1470
  • Transcript:
    Constitutional Act of the Colony may be brought into operation in respect to Schools, the Mayor and Town Council of Melbourne will have it in their power to appoint an Inspector of Schools, but that so long as the whole expense of maintaining Schools is defrayed out of the General Revenue it seems to His Excellency only proper that the power to appoint Inspectors should as a matter of course be retained by the Government. I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient Servant, for the Colonial Secretary (signed) ?W Elyard
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Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives of Victoria, Australia)

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