Adelaide Agricultural School, generally referred to within South Australia as "the Agricultural School", was a short-lived Government-run fee-charging school for boys, often viewed as preparation for Roseworthy Agricultural College
The school opened in 1897, with 60 students and Andrew Ferguson BSc. as headmaster, and occupied rooms in the Old Exhibition Building on Frome Road.[1]
Several students were awarded scholarships to Roseworthy College, the first being John Adams in 1898.[2] The school was characterized as more an "Advanced School for Boys" than an agricultural school[3] and shut down by the Education Department at the end of 1902. The school had, however, a champion in Langdon Bonython, who persuaded the School of Mines to take it over as its preparatory school,[4] which occurred early in 1903, with the agriculture subjects deleted.[5] The school was renamed "School of Mines Preparatory School",[6] then in 1914 "Junior Technical School",[7] when fees were abolished,[8] and under Principal F. W. Reed in 1918 became "Technical High School",[9] later Adelaide Technical High School. Ferguson, who was also on the Corporate Town of St Peters council and at one time a candidate for mayor,[10] remained headmaster until 1919, when he was replaced by Sidney Moyle.[11]
Sir Richard Layton Butler was a student at Adelaide Agricultural School, as were CSIR chief A. E. V. Richardson BA, BSc.,[12][13] and Albert Henry Sanders, town clerk of Brighton.
References
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- ^ "A Missing Man". Adelaide Observer. SA. 25 March 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Agricultural School". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 21 November 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The School of Mines and the Agricultural School". The Register. Adelaide. 25 November 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Education Report". The Register. Adelaide. 3 July 1903. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 15 January 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Personal". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 11 November 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Technical High School". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 9 December 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 16 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Register. Adelaide. 20 November 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 16 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Personal". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 11 November 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 15 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Technical High School Reunion". The News. Adelaide. 5 July 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Concerning People". The Register. Adelaide. 24 December 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 16 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Death Of Dr. A. E. V. Richardson". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 6 December 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 16 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.