1881 Teacher Appointed
On 31 May 1881 Henry Lawson was appointed teacher at Ben Bullen Evening Public School1 .
Evening Schools were established in 1880, evening public schools sought to provide an elementary education for persons over 14 years of age who had previously received little to no education. They offered young men (very few females were ever enrolled) two hours of instruction three nights a week. They were usually conducted in the local public school building by the headmaster or other teachers. Most schools were poorly attended and were rapidly replaced from 1911 with evening continuation schools2 .
1
New South Wales Government Gazette. ‘Government Gazette Appointments and Employment’. 31 May 1881. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221681184.
2
Secretary. ‘Glossary of School Types’. NSW Department of Education, 3 December 2019. https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/our-people-and-structure/history-of-government-schools/school-database-search/glossary.html.