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Victorian School Children 1863 INTRODUCTION The information in these microfiche has been transcribed from the Inspectorís Reports on Schools Inspected, 1863, Volume 1. These reports are contained in Victorian Public Record Series number 904, Unit 1, (VPRS 904, Unit1), which is located at the Public Record Office of Victoria, Laverton Repository. The reports submitted by inspectors of schools have been bound together in volume one, VPRS 904. No other similar volumes have been found at the time of publishing these microfiche. The reports were compiled under the authority of Victorian Board of Education, 1863. There may be other lists of pupils in Victoria in 1863. This list is not conclusive and is not meant to represent all pupils in Victorian schools in the year 1863. The Alphabetical Surname index of Victorian School Children is comprised of four microfiche of over 230 pages, which contains over 8,000 names and a short introduction. It is an alphabetical list of names of pupils which has been transcribed from the Inspectorís Reports on Schools Inspected in 1863. A list of schools covered in these reports has also been included. All care has been taken to transcribe accurately, but due to the age of the original document, and the difficulty in transcription, please refer back to the original register if there is any doubt over the spelling of a surname. SCOPE AND CONTENTS CONTENT OF REPORTS The reports contain the names of pupils attending schools, their age, the date of examination, and occupations of parents (this is not written on all reports). They list examination results, and the repair of the school buildings. Comments on the suitability of teachers and recommendations are also included. Schools "under standard" were noted by the inspectors. CONTENT OF MICROFICHE The microfiche contain an alphabetical index of names of pupils, their age, occupation of parent (if given in the report), the school which they attended and the date of examination of the school. All examinations in this volume were in the year 1863. In subsequence to the exact nature of the information, the age of some pupils is given in years and months, and the exact date of examination given in day and month, the year being 1863, the date of birth for some pupils is able to be calculated accurately to month/year of birth. LIST OF SCHOOLS The following list indicates the schools included in the four microfiche Victorian School Children 1863, Alphabetical Surname Index. It does not include all schools in Victoria in 1863. Abbotsford, Church Of England Abbotsford St Abbotsford St, Roman Catholic Adelaide Lead, Primitive Methodist Aitkins Gap, Church Of England Albert St, Baptist Alberton, National Albion, Church Of England Allansford Allansford, National Amherst, Presbyterian Anakies, Roman Catholic Andersons Creek Ararat, Church Of England Ararat, Presbyterian Ararat, Roman Catholic Ascot, Free Church Ashby, Roman Catholic Avenel Avenel, Church Of England Axe Creek, Church Of England Bacchus Marsh Bacchus Marsh, Roman Catholic Back Creek, Church Of England Bakery Hill, Ballarat Bald Hills Common School Bald Hills Common School Ballarat Benevolent Asylum Balmoral Barkers Creek, Wesleyan Barkly St, Wesleyan, Ballarat Barnawartha, Roman Catholic Barrabool Hills, Church Of England Barrabool Hills, Presbyterian Barringhap, Church Of England Beaufort, Church Of England Beaufort, No 60 Beechworth, Church Of England Beechworth, Roman Catholic Belfast, Church Of England Belfast, Roman Catholic Belfast, Wesleyan Bell St National, Fitzroy Bellarine, Church Of England Bellarine, Free Church Belmont Infantís Belmont National Belvoir, National Benalla, National Benalla, Roman Catholic Benevolent Asylum, No 41, Common School Berwick, Lutheran Berwick, National Bet Bet, National Big Hill Big Hill, Roman Catholic Black Lead, Church Of England Black Lead, No 58 Bolinda, Combined Box Forest Branxholme, Church Of England Bridge End, Presbyterian Bridge Water, National Brighton, Church Of England Brighton, Church Of England Girls Brighton, Church Of England, Lower School Boys Brighton, Church Of England, Upper School Boys Brighton, Wesleyan Broadford Broadmeadows, Church Of England Broadmeadows, National Brown Hill, National, Ballarat Brownís Now Scarsdale Brucknell's Creek, Ac Brunswick, Free Church Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Wesleyan Boys Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Wesleyan Girls Brunswick, Wesleyan Buckland, Roman Catholic Bulla, Church Of England Bulla, National Buninyong, Church Of England Buninyong, No 59 Buninyong, Presbyterian Buninyong, Roman Catholic Burnt Creek, Church Of England Burrumbeet, Presbyterian Cabbage Tree, Combined Caledonia Diggins California Gully, Sandhurst National Cambridge, National Campbell's Creek B, Presbyterian Campbell's Creek, Prim Meth Campbell's Reef, Church Of England Campbell's Vr Campbellfield Campbellfield Sc Camperdown Canadian, Wesleyan Cardigan, Church Of England Cardigan, No 141 Carisbrook, Church Of England Carlsrhue, National Carlton, Boys National Carlton, Girls National Carlton Infants, National Carngham, Presbyterian Casterton Castlemaine, National No 119 Castlemaine, No 131 Castlemaine, No 166 Roman Catholic Castlemaine, Prim Meth Castlemaine, Wesleyan Caulfield, Union Cavendish, Wesleyan Charcoal Gully, Church Of England Chetwynd St, Hotham Chewton, Church Of England Chewton, Wesleyan Chilwell, Church Of England Chilwell, Wesleyan Chintin, National Christ Church, Ballarat Christ Church Geelong Church Of England Church's Flat, Vr National Clunes, Church Of England Clunes, Wesleyan Coghill's Creek, Presbyterian Colac, National Colac, Roman Catholic Coleraine Collins St, Independent Colombian Reef Colombian Reef, New Inglewood, Primitive Methodist Connewarre Cowie's Creek, Roman Catholic Cranbourne, National No 118 Cranbourne, Presbyterian Cranbourne, Roman Catholic No 163 Cranbourne, Sc Cremorne St, Church Of England Cremorne St, Fc No 149 Creswick, Church Of England No 132 Creswick, No 122, National Creswick, Wesleyan No 154 Dandenong, Church Of England, No 186 Darriwell, Roman Catholic Daylesford, Church Of England Daylesford, Deep Creek, National Daylesford, Roman Catholic Dean, Common No 87 Dennington Derby St, Independent Digby Doncaster Doncaster,Lutheran Donkey Gully, Church Of England Donnybrook Dowling Forest Duck Holes, Church Of England Duck Ponds, Church Of England Duneed, National Duneed, No 107 Duneed, No 196 Dunkeld, National Dunolly, Church Of England East Ballarat, Melbourne Rd, Roman Catholic East Bellarine, Fc East Brunswick, Church Of England East Melbourne, Lutheran East Melbourne, St John's Sc East Melbourne, National Boys East Melbourne, National Girls Echuca, National El Dorado Elizabeth St, Collingwood Elphingstone A, No 220 Eltham, National Emerald Hill, National Emerald Hill, National Infants Emerald Hill, Presbyterian Emerald Hill, Wesleyan Emerald Hill, Church Of England Emu Creek Epping Epsom, Church Of England Ercildoune, No 226 Ercildoune, Presbyterian Errard St, Presbyterian, Ballarat No 227 Errol St, National, North Melbourne Essendon Eumemmering Eureka St, Ballarat No 71 Euroke, Presbyterian Euroke, SC Flemington Lydiard St, Ballarat, No 81 Maldon, Eaglehawk East Mount Beckwith, No 77 Mount Duneed Mount Duneed, No 187 Sago Hill, Church Of England, No 140 St Paul's, Ballarat Talbot