School records

Research Guide to school records at Queensland State Archives.

Compulsory and free education was introduced by the State Education Act 1875 for children aged 6 to 12 years but the compulsory clauses of the Act were not gazetted until 1900.The school leaving age was raised to 14 in 1912 and to 15 in 1964. The scholarship examination was an annual external examination first held in 1873 and continued until 1962. From 1900 scholarships were tenable at State, Grammar or any other approved school. From 1914 each pupil who averaged 50% or more gained a scholarship.