Although punishments at school have changed and corporal punishment is no longer allowed, we can see from the offences that children have not changed. This Punishment Book, from the school attended by Henry Lawson, is one of the earliest surviving examples of this type of record. It should be noted that there are no entries for Henry Lawson in this record, however, his admission to Eurunderee school in 1875 (and his return visit in 1914) is at Item 40.
Source: NRS 3931 Punishment Book Eurunderee, [4/7548]
TRANSCRIPTION OF SELECTED ENTRIES
Name of Pupil
Nature of Offence
Amount of punishment
Date of punishment
By whom inflicted
John G Worth
Stubbornness in refusing to answer a question when repeatedly asked to do so & refusing to hold out his hand
Punishment at School
Although punishments at school have changed and corporal punishment is no longer allowed, we can see from the offences that children have not changed. This Punishment Book, from the school attended by Henry Lawson, is one of the earliest surviving examples of this type of record. It should be noted that there are no entries for Henry Lawson in this record, however, his admission to Eurunderee school in 1875 (and his return visit in 1914) is at Item 40.
Source: NRS 3931 Punishment Book Eurunderee, [4/7548]
TRANSCRIPTION OF SELECTED ENTRIES
of cane on back
from school without leave (half day)
of cane on hands
John Bacon)
Thos Mason)
playground
of cane on hands
Bertha Buchholtz
of cane on hands
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