Adelaide Agricultural School Explained

Adelaide Agricultural School, generally referred to within South Australia as "the Agricultural School", was a short-lived Government-run fee-charging school for boys, often viewed as preparation for Roseworthy Agricultural College

The school opened in 1897, with 60 students and Andrew Ferguson BSc. as headmaster, and occupied rooms in the Old Exhibition Building on Frome Road.[1]

Several students were awarded scholarships to Roseworthy College, the first being John Adams in 1898.[2] The school was characterized as more an "Advanced School for Boys" than an agricultural school[3] and shut down by the Education Department at the end of 1902. The school had, however, a champion in Langdon Bonython, who persuaded the School of Mines to take it over as its preparatory school,[4] which occurred early in 1903, with the agriculture subjects deleted.[5] The school was renamed "School of Mines Preparatory School",[6] then in 1914 "Junior Technical School",[7] when fees were abolished,[8] and under Principal F. W. Reed in 1918 became "Technical High School",[9] later Adelaide Technical High School. Ferguson, who was also on the Corporate Town of St Peters council and at one time a candidate for mayor,[10] remained headmaster until 1919, when he was replaced by Sidney Moyle.[11]

Sir Richard Layton Butler was a student at Adelaide Agricultural School, as were CSIR chief A. E. V. Richardson BA, BSc.,[12] [13] and Albert Henry Sanders, town clerk of Brighton.

Notes and References

  1. News: War and its Substitute . . Adelaide . 8 May 1897 . 14 November 2015 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: A Missing Man . . SA . 25 March 1899 . 14 November 2015 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: The Agricultural School . . Adelaide . 21 November 1902 . 14 November 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: The School of Mines and the Agricultural School . . Adelaide . 25 November 1902 . 14 November 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: The Education Report . . Adelaide . 3 July 1903 . 14 November 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: Advertising. . . Adelaide . 15 January 1903 . 14 November 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: Personal . . Adelaide . 11 November 1916 . 14 November 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: The Technical High School . . Adelaide . 9 December 1925 . 16 November 2015 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: Advertising. . . Adelaide . 20 November 1918 . 16 November 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: Personal . . Adelaide . 11 November 1916 . 15 November 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  11. News: Technical High School Reunion . . Adelaide . 5 July 1933 . 16 November 2015 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  12. News: Concerning People . . Adelaide . 24 December 1908 . 16 November 2015 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  13. News: Death Of Dr. A. E. V. Richardson. . . Adelaide . 6 December 1949 . 16 November 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.

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