https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/ff09e63e3dc0e7c0a77f0e97f0934d66.jpg 38812a255cb28a9741c8c9faf2d4ff31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Main Street, Donald Victoria Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photographer unknown Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/766802" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Museums Victoria, MM 749</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c1939 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Schooling Memories Person An individual. Birth Date 1939 Education Primary: Donald Higher Elementary School, Victoria (mid-1940s–c1954) Secondary (Form 5): St Arnaud High School, Victoria (c1954) Secondary (Form 6): Warracknabeal High School, Victoria Form 6 (c1955) Tertiary: RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria (c1956–?) Occupation Chemical Engineer Biographical Text Don* was born in Donald in country Victoria, and attended Donald Higher Elementary School until the end of Form 4, recalling that it was common for country schools to have a combined primary and lower secondary school. The large class sizes and composite arrangements are memories that stand out for 'Don', along with the limited resources, meaning that ‘the smaller ones sat three to a desk’. He remembers his Grade 5 and 6 teacher, the first male teacher he had had, being ‘a good teacher, you enjoyed learning’. He also recalls the impact of his science teacher on his love of the subject, recounting the extra efforts this teacher went to to engage and inspire his students: ‘he had a telescope and he took the class out one night to watch’. After Form 4, 'Don' caught the bus to St Arnaud for Form 5, and then boarded with a local family from Monday to Friday in Warracknabeal for Form 6. He remembers that his family were very supportive of him gaining a good education and it was never questioned that he would go on to tertiary studies. At the age of 17 he moved to Melbourne and boarded with a family while he studied Chemical Engineering at RMIT, which was the only tertiary institution at the time to offer a course in this field. 'Don' worked as a chemical engineer in Melbourne before retiring to country Victoria. *Pseudonym Birthplace Victoria Image credits Main Street, Donald Victoria, c1935. Photographer unknown. <a href="https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/766802" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Museums Victoria, MM 749</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Don Turner* Students_1940s Students_1950s