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CERTIFICATE - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA LLEWELLYN SERLS 1911

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1911

Overview

Rectangular cream coloured card with a light-green decorated inner border containing text encompassing a cream central section with brown writing. The names and details have been written on the certificate using blue pen.
Text reads: [EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / Western Australia / Certificate / This is to Certify / That Llewellyn Serls / has passed the Examination in / the IV Standard / Armadale School / E H James / Head Teacher / Date Dec 15th 1911.]
Red text on outside of blue boarder, bottom left and bottom right of the certificate. Bottom left [12,000. 9. 11.]. Bottom right text certificate makers mark

Historical information

Certificate was presented to Llewellyn Serls, who attended the Armadale School in 1911, for passing the fourth standard in all subjects. This certificate would have been presented to some of the first students at the Armadale School which was opened in 1900. The Serls family played a prominent role in the establishment of the Congregational Church in the district.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2013.19

Item type

Documents

Themes

Education
People
Social History

Material

Card

Width

254 mm

Height or length

214 mm

Inscriptions and markings

text bottom right [H.J. Pether, Government Lithographer Perth, W.A.]

Keywords

SERLS Llewellyn D. Mr

Armadale State School THIRD road Amadale

JAMES E. H. Mr

Department of Education Western Australia

Government Lithographer H. J. Pether

ARMADALE

PERTH Western Australia

Year

1911

Statement of significance

This item is part of a collection that tells the story of going to school in the City of Armadale from the late 1800s through to modern day. The collection aims to show how these experiences have either changed or stayed the same over time. The collection is also part of a wider collection that focuses on the stories and experiences of how children have grown up in the City of Armadale.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

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