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| Typically of the nineteenth century, the girls were educated at home. We know that the elder siblings and mother/stepmother acted as teachers as well as an unknown number of governesses and other specialist teaches at different times. In March 1866 Miss Medley was paid £4.6.8 'for tuition'. It is possible that one of Matilda's family also taught them as there is an entry in November 1867 of Tom de M. M-P paying R. Harpur £4 'salary'.((MLMSS 3117/Box 9, cheques))\\ | Typically of the nineteenth century, the girls were educated at home. We know that the elder siblings and mother/stepmother acted as teachers as well as an unknown number of governesses and other specialist teaches at different times. In March 1866 Miss Medley was paid £4.6.8 'for tuition'. It is possible that one of Matilda's family also taught them as there is an entry in November 1867 of Tom de M. M-P paying R. Harpur £4 'salary'.((MLMSS 3117/Box 9, cheques))\\ |
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| Music was seen as an essential part of a young lady's education, and later in the month, Mr Atkinson was paid £2.16.0 for 'Music lessons for Rosa and 3 pieces music'. In February 1867, Paul Atkinson was paid £4.4.0 for 'Rosa's music'. Virtually all upper middle class homes had a piano; the one at Maroon was regularly tuned by Mr John Crump for £2.2.0 October 1866, November 1867, and there are further payments to him under 'salary', e.g. November 1867. In 1867 at least, the family also had a subscription to the Philharmonica Society((MLMSS 3117/Box 9, cheques))\\ | Music was seen as an essential part of a young lady's education, and later in the month, Mr Atkinson was paid £2.16.0 for 'Music lessons for Rosa and 3 pieces music'. In February 1867, Paul Atkinson was paid £4.4.0 for 'Rosa's music'. In January 1868, noted Brisbane musician Madame Mallalieu, later [[wp>Henrietta Willmore]] was paid £2 for 'Rosie's music lesson'. Virtually all upper middle class homes had a piano; the one at Maroon was regularly tuned by Mr John Crump for £2.2.0 October 1866, November 1867, and there are further payments to him under 'salary', e.g. November 1867. In 1867 at least, the family also had a subscription to the Philharmonica Society((MLMSS 3117/Box 9, cheques))\\ |
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| In contrast, boys were sent away to school when still young. In 1862, Thomas de M. M-P and Morres attended 'Mr. Shaw's school, Brisbane' known as the Collegiate School - a Church of England school whose headmaster was the Rev. Bowyer E. Shaw. It was designed for 'sons of the gentry' and charged accordingly: £80 per year for boarders. Perhaps for that reason, it did not last long.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 17 February 1912, p.12)) We only know the two boys were there in 1862 because of a report in the newspaper that Tom won the prize for English and Morres the fourth class prize for Latin.((The Courier, 22 December 1862, p.3)) In his 1888 diary, TLM-P visits a chemist in Newcastle only to discover he was not a son of 'my old friend Boyer Shaw'.((9 August))\\ | In contrast, boys were sent away to school when still young. In 1862, Thomas de M. M-P and Morres attended 'Mr. Shaw's school, Brisbane' known as the Collegiate School - a Church of England school whose headmaster was the Rev. Bowyer E. Shaw. It was designed for 'sons of the gentry' and charged accordingly: £80 per year for boarders. Perhaps for that reason, it did not last long.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 17 February 1912, p.12)) We only know the two boys were there in 1862 because of a report in the newspaper that Tom won the prize for English and Morres the fourth class prize for Latin.((The Courier, 22 December 1862, p.3)) In his 1888 diary, TLM-P visits a chemist in Newcastle only to discover he was not a son of 'my old friend Boyer Shaw'.((9 August))\\ |
| {{:lyndhurst.jpg?300|}} The M-P family papers includes this photo, identified on the back as Lyndhurst, New Town Road, Hobart Town, Tasmania.((Provenance: J. Godden)) Lyndhurst was a popular name and nothing has yet been found about the homes in this photo, but does it hold a clue to why the children were sent to Hobart? Or was it where Matilda and her children stayed when they went to Tasmania in November 1863- April 1864?((TLM-P diary, November 1863-April 1864)) or where Matilda stayed when she returned to Hobart in February 1868, accompanying by a daughter and two sons as well as Maroon employee Mr Pearse and his wife.((//The Tasmanian Times//, 3 February 1868, p.2; //The Mercury//, 3 February 1868, p.2.))\\ | {{:lyndhurst.jpg?300|}} The M-P family papers includes this photo, identified on the back as Lyndhurst, New Town Road, Hobart Town, Tasmania.((Provenance: J. Godden)) Lyndhurst was a popular name and nothing has yet been found about the homes in this photo, but does it hold a clue to why the children were sent to Hobart? Or was it where Matilda and her children stayed when they went to Tasmania in November 1863- April 1864?((TLM-P diary, November 1863-April 1864)) or where Matilda stayed when she returned to Hobart in February 1868, accompanying by a daughter and two sons as well as Maroon employee Mr Pearse and his wife.((//The Tasmanian Times//, 3 February 1868, p.2; //The Mercury//, 3 February 1868, p.2.))\\ |
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| A further clue regarding the boys' education is the list of TLM-P's cheques. In March 1866 one cheque was to 'Townson Esq' for £8 for 'Boys tuition'. The same list indicates that simply getting one boy to Tasmania was expensive even before paying the school fees. One cheque is for £2.10 to pay 13 year old Morres' passage to Sydney and a further £8 'for Morres' expenses to Tasmania'. In November 1866, TLM-P wrote a cheque to Rev. R.D. Harris for £17.9.6 for Morres' tuition. A note of a cheque in March 1867 £30 indicates that it was for a quarter, making the annual school fee £120. In addition, an additional £10.8.0 was 'residue to pay Morres' passage etc' with 8/- of this amount the commission to send money orders.((MLMSS 3117/Box 9)) | A further clue regarding the boys' education is the list of TLM-P's cheques. In March 1866 one cheque was to 'Townson Esq' for £8 for 'Boys tuition'. The same list indicates that simply getting one boy to Tasmania was expensive even before paying the school fees. One cheque is for £2.10 to pay 13 year old Morres' passage to Sydney and a further £8 'for Morres' expenses to Tasmania'. In November 1866, TLM-P wrote a cheque to Rev. R.D. Harris for £17.9.6 for Morres' tuition. A note of a cheque in March 1867 £30 indicates that it was for a quarter, making the annual school fee £120. In addition, an additional £10.8.0 was 'residue to pay Morres' passage etc' with 8/- of this amount the commission to send money orders. It was not cheap to travel to Tasmania. In January 1868, three cheques were made out to Matilda regarding such expenses: £1 for expenses; £32 expenses for Hobarton; and £15 'passage ... Sydney' (steamship fares) to Hobart for Matilda, Rosie, Morres and Harvey'.((MLMSS 3117/Box 9)) |