NRS-16594 | School History [Bulga Public School]

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This series consists of a single packet of materials relating chiefly to the centenary celebrations of Bulga Public School, held on the 19th October, 1968. The contents of the packet are as follows:

(i) Souvenir booklet, "Bulga Public School Centenary Celebrations, Saturday, 19th October, 1968." No author, printed at Argus Print, Singleton. (6 copies)

(ii) "The Singleton Argus," Monday, 21st October, 1968. Contains reports of Bulga Public School centenary celebrations.

(iii) "Bulga Public School – History" (typescript in folder). Compiled by Josephine Alexander, Research Officer of the Division of Research and Planning, New South Wales Department of Education, August 1968, from records held in the Mitchell Library and Government Archives. The text of this is incorporated in its entirety in the souvenir booklet, no. (i) above. Also in this folder (and also incorporated in the souvenir booklet) is “Oldest Ex-Pupil,” an account (typescript) of the recollections of Miss Ethel Sarah Woods, then aged 94, a pupil at Bulga Public School during the 1880’s.
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(iv) Archie Eather: "The History of Bulga from 1820 to 1921" (manuscript; 14pp). Part of the text of this has also been incorporated in the souvenir booklet, no. (i) above.

(v) Register, Variation of Routine and Principal’s Authority, Bulga Public School, 2nd April, 1963 – 10th July, 1968 (booklet).

(vi) Correspondence file, entitled “Bulga Public School Centenary Celebrations, 1968.” Contains (a) Bulga Public School Centenary Celebrations Programme (typescript, roneoed); (b) J. Stephens, Director of Public Education, to Mr F. Bridgement, Teacher-in-Charge, Bulga Public School: covering letter, dated 9th August, 1968, to accompany item (iii) above, forwarded with item (iv) above to the individual(s) responsible for the production of the souvenir booklet, item (i) above, and with a note from Mr Bridgement added at foot; (c) P.W. Beckenham, Director of Public Education, to Mr F. Bridgement, Teacher-in-Charge, Bulga Public School: letter, dated 27th October, 1967, informing the recipient that Bulga Public School would obtain its centenary during 1968, and attaching suggestions for centenary celebrations and guidelines for collecting historical information; (d) lists of past pupils (typescript, roneoed); (e) Charles Cutler, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Science, to F.L. O’Keefe, M.L.A.: letter, dated 27th May, 1968, asking the addressee to stand in for the writer at the centenary celebrations of Bulga Public School; (f) C.E. Rubie, Officer in Charge, Public Relations Branch, to Mr F.G. Bridgement, Teacher-in-Charge, Bulga Public School: letter, dated July, 1968, advising on matters of protocol concerning guest speakers; (g) Form of invitation to Bulga Public School centenary celebrations (typescript, roneoed) over the name of Mr F.G. Bridgement, Teacher-in-Charge, Bulga Public School. (h) correspondence with Mr E.A. Short of the Gould League of N.S.W., re subsidy for the erection of a commemorative bird-bath; (j) responses to invitation to attend the centenary celebrations; (k) orders for copies of the souvenir booklet, no. (i) above, 7th – 11th November, 1968.