WOODWORKING MODEL - RECTANGLE CARVED GROOVES
1928Flat piece of pine rectangular in section with five parallel slots cut across the length to approximately half the depth.
There is a sticker on the base with the following information in print, pencil and pen [EDUCATION DEPT., W.A. / Name... Vernon Marsh /
Centre... Armadale.... Age 12 / School... Armadale / Class... V / Commenced...28.9.28... Finished... 9.11.28 / I hereby certify that this model is absolutely and / entirely the work of the scholar whose name it bears / Instructor]
Woodworking model made by Mr Vernon Marsh of Armadale State School, Third Road Armadale. Made the object in 1928 at the age of 12. At the time, Armadale State School had the only manual arts facilities in the Southern Corridor. An example of Manual Arts projects conducted in the late 1920's in schools to develop hand skills for future use in employment.
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