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EMBASSY EXERCISE BOOK AUTOMOTIVE APPRENTICESHIP NOTES

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1967

Overview

A rectangular exercise book with a red cover and a blue panel containing a white map of Australia next to a white panel with Name [RICHINGS ROBERT CLIVE], Grade [PRIVATE], School [PUCCUPUNAL] and Subject [A.M.F]. The covers are held together by a blue cloth binding.

The back cover has [ARITHMETICAL TABLES] printed in blue and are for the [METRIC SYSTEM], [SQUARE MEASURE], [TROY WEIGHT], [RELATION OF ENGLISH & METRIC MEASURES], [AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT], [DAYS OF THE MONTH], [PARTS OF £1], [LINEAR OR LENGTH MEASURE], [DECIMAL CONVERSION TABLE (Based on 1 dollar = 10/-)], [MULTIPLICATION SQUARE] and [ROMAN NUMERALS].

Historical information

This excercise was used by the donor in 1967 while he was in the fifth year of his automotive apprenticeship at Carlisle Technical School.

As part of their studies students were required to take notes copied from the board or dictated by the lecturer. Notes would then be transcribed into the "good book" which was then submitted to the lecturer for marking. The other part of their studies was a three hour essay assessment that was comprised of mechanical and electrical components.

The mechanical notes and diagrams are on the right pages from the front and the book has been turned around so the electrical notes are starting from the back.

A few of the middles pages have been used by the donor to prepare for the end of year test by memorising wiring diagrams and other subjects. This activity was done while he was commuting from his home in Armadale and to his workplace in East Perth.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2014.63

Item type

Books

Themes

People
Social History

Width

178 mm

Height or length

230 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Text in map [Embassy] in white panel [NAME / GRADE / SCHOOL / SUBJECT / APPROVED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT] below on red panel [EXERCISE BOOK / 190 PAGES]

Keywords

EAST Perth

ARMADALE

Carlisle Technical School

RICHINGS Robert Rob Mr

Year

1967

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
An excercise book with notes taken by the donor who was an automotive apprentice in 1967. He kept the excercise book in his possession until the date of donation.

The notes were taken in an era where students would write handwritten notes from a board or direct dictation from the lecturer.

Not many notebooks containing this kind of information and from this era would have survived. Some of the notes shows some changes from automotive generators to alternators.

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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