NRS-16563 | Register of Admission, Progress and Withdrawal [Brunkerville Public School]

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The purpose of an admission register was to record basic details about children admitted to the school, and about their parents or guardians. The registers were also used to record the progress of the children through various classes and the date of their leaving the school.

Girls and boys are listed on opposite pages in order of admission. Entries are numbered consecutively, but in two distinct sequences, one for boys and one for girls.

This volume contains information pertaining to each pupil including: date of admission; pupil's name; date of birth; religious denomination; name of previous school and date of leaving. The following details are recorded about the child's parents or guardians: name, residence and occupation. The pupil's date of admission to each subsequent grade, date of leaving the school and any occupation entered into on leaving school is also recorded; this last column is also used to indicate the school to which a pupil may have transferred.

It appears that the series originally consisted of two registers, of which the second, containing entries from 1923 onwards (boys from no. 205 and girls from no. 213), is currently held.