STORIES OF ENGLAND

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1893

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Overview

Hardcover book ; small with dark blue cover with title in black ink: "Stories of England".
Publisher: William Collins, Sons & Co. Ltd.
In poor condition.

Historical information

Names mentioned in the inscriptions:
Goldsmid Arthur Whitfield (1893-1986) was the son of George Benjamin Whitfield and Henrietta Mary nee Growse
Dicta is Benedicta Etta Victoria Whitfield (also known as Victoria Benedicta Whitfield) who was born 1897. She was was Goldsmid's sister
Nedging was the name of a property in Toodyay.
The convent School in the Toodyay district was run by the Sisters of Mercy. In 1884 three nuns from the Sisters of Mercy religious order arrived in Newcastle (now Toodyay) to establish a school. After operating out of two houses on the main street they had their first two-storey building constructed in 1903, the St Aloysius Convent of Mercy. Residential educational colleges for boys and girls were then built. The school closed in 1972.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1820

Item type

Books

Inscriptions and markings

Inside cover in pencil: "M. Brown"
Inside cover in ink: "Mildred May 9/99 List of books / Atlas (Australia) / New Graphic Reader / 1 Stories of England / 1 Cornwalls Grammar / 1 Cornwalls Geography / Common objects / 1 Arithmetic
Inside cover in ink (beneath above list): "Goldsmid Whitfield / Nedging 6th May / 1901
Inside cover at right on flyleaf in pencil: "Dicta Whitfield / Convent School / 2''4''11 /"

Contextual Information

One of the "Royal England Readers" series. Literature and poetry was selected for inclusion on the basis of its instructional content and potential for conveying moral lessons.

Keywords

BROWN Mildred May

WHITFIELD, Dicta

Whitfield Goldsmid

Newcastle Convent School

Year

1893

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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