Special Committee on the Keepership

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

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Reference code

RAA/PC/6/1

Title

Special Committee on the Keepership

Date

1850-1851

Level

File

Extent & medium

1 file, 3 documents

Previous reference codes

RAA/PC/6/1/1

Content Description

Comprising draft and final reports of the comittee. Also a fair copy of the minutes of all committee meetings. Tabled at a meeting of Council, 24th January 1851.

Provenance

A committee was established by the General Assembly, at the behest of the Council, to look into the role of Keeper after the resignation of George Jones. The committee extended its initial remit and recommended reforms impacting every aspect of the Schools, resulting in the most significant changes to the curriculum since 1815.