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Northcote Tech Students, 1970s. Photographer unknown. State Bank of Victoria 1978-1990, State Bank Victoria Archives – Photographic Collection, Public Record Office Victoria, VPRS 8935 P1 Unit 5 Item 6796

One focus of the project was to interview people who were students in three decades of educational major reform, the 1930s, 1950s, and 1970s. Sometimes the interviews do not neatly fit into one decade, for example, someone was a primary school student in the 1930s but attended secondary school in the 1940s. Or they started school in the 1940s and finished in the 1950s. Many people have also stories that overlap, for example, their experiences as a student informed their decision to become a teacher, and many people's educational careers span several decades. In organising the oral history interviews, we have focused more closely on one aspect of each person’s story and grouped the histories into both theme and time categories.

Image: Northcote Tech Students, 1970s. Photographer unknown. State Bank of Victoria 1978-1990, State Bank Victoria Archives – Photographic Collection, Public Record Office Victoria, VPRS 8935 P1 Unit 5 Item 6796