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| ==== The boys ==== | ==== The boys ==== |
| === Brisbane === | === Brisbane === |
| 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)) |
| | There was no comparable school in Brisbane until 1868 when [[wp>Brisbane_Grammar_School]] opened. |
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| === Ipswich === | === Ipswich === |
| Hervey M-P was reported as having initially attended [[wp>Ipswich_Grammar_School]] where he was 'a distinguished pupil'.((//The Queenslander// 8 January 1887 p.55.)) While at Ipswich Grammar, in 1872, Hervey was awarded The Tiffin Scholarship worth £20 and his brother Hugh the Thorn Scholarship worth £12.((//Queenslander//, 12 May 1932 cited in Darbyshire)) Ipswich Grammar School opened on 7 October 1863. The founding headmaster until late 1868 was Stuart Hawthorne who had been deeply influenced by Prof. John Woolley's progressive ideas for education at the University of Sydney. | Hervey M-P was reported as having initially attended [[wp>Ipswich_Grammar_School]] where he was 'a distinguished pupil'.((//The Queenslander// 8 January 1887 p.55.)) While at Ipswich Grammar, in 1872, Hervey was awarded The Tiffin Scholarship worth £20 and his brother Hugh the Thorn Scholarship worth £12.((//Queenslander//, 12 May 1932 cited in Darbyshire)) Ipswich Grammar School opened on 7 October 1863. The founding headmaster until late 1868 was Stuart Hawthorne who had been deeply influenced by Prof. John Woolley's progressive ideas for education at the University of Sydney. |
| Hervey later attended the High School, Tasmania, 'where he gained one or two important scholarships'.((//The Queenslander// 8 January 1887 p.55.)) By then Brisbane Grammar School had opened. | Hervey later attended the High School, Tasmania, 'where he gained one or two important scholarships'.((//The Queenslander// 8 January 1887 p.55.)) |
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| === Hobart === | === Hobart === |