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Bush school / Peter O'Brien.

Bush school / Peter O'Brien.
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TF1294768 B OBR
Biography   . Available .  
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Record Number 20547
ISBN 9781760876807 (paperback)
Location B OBR
Author O'Brien, Peter (author.).
Title Bush school / Peter O'Brien.
Published Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2020.
Collation 284 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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General Note "A 20-year-old teacher fresh out of college. A tiny one-teacher school in a paddock miles from anywhere. Eighteen children aged between 5 and 15. Nothing to it!" --Front cover.
Summary Note In 1960, newly minted teacher Peter O'Brien started work as the only teacher at a bush school in Weabonga, two days' travel by train and mail car from Armidale. Peter was only 20 years old and had never before lived away from his home in Sydney. He'd had some teaching experience, but nothing to prepare him for the monumental challenge of being solely responsible for the education of 18 students, ranging in age from 5 to 15 years old. With few lesson plans, scant teaching materials, a wide range of curious minds and ages to prepare for, Peter was daunted by the enormity of the task ahead. Because of Weabonga's remoteness, the students were already at a disadvantage, but they were keen and receptive and had been blessed with an enthusiastic and committed teacher. Indeed it was the children and their thirst for learning who kept Peter afloat during the early days of shockingly inadequate living conditions, a deficient diet and the terrible loneliness he felt being isolated so far from family, friends and his burgeoning romance.
Personal Name O'Brien, Peter
Subject Teachers-- Australia -- Biography
Autobiographies
Teachers-- New South Wales -- Weabonga -- Biography
Young men-- New South Wales -- Weabonga -- Biography
Rural schools-- New South Wales -- Weabonga
Education, Rural-- New South Wales -- Weabonga
School children-- New South Wales -- Weabonga
Geographic Name Weabonga (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Weabonga (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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