ENCYCLOPEDIA, "MACMILLAN'S TEACHING IN PRACTICE" Vols 1-6

Volumes 1-6 of "MacMillan's Teaching in Practice : An encyclopedia of modern methods of teaching in the primary school, written by recognised authorities in Education and edited by E.J.S. Lay. In six volumes, with a portfolio of 172 class pictures". Has a torch and wreath emblem impressed in the cover. Produced by Macmillan & Company. Page c. has two markers for the teacher's use. Used by the nuns of the Convent of Mercy, Kalgoorlie, when teaching at St Michael's school, Butler Street. The Convent of Mercy (residence) is now in Croesus Street, the Reverend Mother was Sister Regina. St Michael7s school was eventually taken over by St Joseph of the Sacred Heart teaching order. There is now only one Catholic primary school in Kalgoorlie, St Mary's, run by St Joseph's. The old building was sold in around 1981 and was bought by Ross Lightfoot, who transported it to the bush. The Sisters of Mercy were an early Catholic teaching order to come to the goldfields, teaching on missions in Leonora and Laverton.

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