Claremont Teachers College

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Claremont Teachers College
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The Claremont Teachers College in December 2021
Claremont Teachers College
General information
TypeHeritage-listed building
Location Claremont, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°59′14″S115°47′17″E / 31.987135°S 115.788143°E / -31.987135; 115.788143 (Claremont Teachers College)
TypeState Registered Place
Designated6 March 1992
Reference no. 482

Claremont Teachers College was Western Australia's first post-secondary teaching institution. It opened in 1902 and closed in 1981, when it became a College of Advanced Education then a campus of Edith Cowan University before being acquired by the University of Western Australia. The building is on land between Goldsworthy, Princess and Bay Roads in the western Perth, Western Australia suburb of Claremont. [1] It is a large two storey limestone building set in extensive grounds, with a distinctive square crenellated tower, and was entered in the Register of the National Estate in 1987. [2]

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Background

In 1847 the General Board of Education was established to oversee school development in the Swan River Colony. After becoming the Central Board of Education, it was superseded by the Education Department in 1893, which classified schools, graded teachers, defined teachers' positions, implemented a salary scale for teachers, abolished school fees, provided for co-educational schools, and made attendance compulsory for children between the ages of six and 14. [3] At this time, the Education Department had "external study" for student teachers, where they taught in the classroom while studying for examinations set by the department. [4]

In 1902, the college was opened and students could gain qualifications through studying there. It was the only place one could do this until the 1950s when the Churchlands and Graylands colleges opened. The function of teacher education did not pass into the university sector until the 1980s.

The college's last Director was Thomas Ryan (1924–2002), who completed his teacher training at the college and graduated in 1947. He was appointed Vice-Principal of the college in 1972, a position he held until his appointment as director of the college in 1980. [5]

The campus served for 16 years as a campus of Edith Cowan University following that institution's formation in 1989. The campus was then acquired by the University of Western Australia and became home to the Confucius Institute, University of Western Australia Press and, until 2021, Taylors College. [6] [7]

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  1. ↑ "Our location".
  2. ↑ State heritage register listing Archived 28 November 2012 at archive.today
  3. ↑ "The Collection – Education and School Records". Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  4. ↑ "Information Management & Archive Services". 9 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Edith Cowan University – Development and Alumni Office". Archived from the original on 23 September 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "Our location".
  7. ↑ "Taylors College Perth". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kim Edward Beazley – Member for Fremantle 1945-1977". 18 December 2006.
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