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Empire, education and nationalism: the school architecture of William Edmund Kemp, 1880-1896

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posted on 2023-05-18, 17:58 authored by Orr, K
Fundamental to an examination of the school architecture of William Edmund Kemp (1831-1898) is an understanding of the man and the culture of the colonial society that shaped him. During his lifetime there was a changing imperial relationship between New South Wales and Britain, the introduction of self government (1855) and a movement towards nationhood. As the nineteenth century progressed, the theories of empire and nation building that dominated the British worldview were modified by emerging ideas of colonial difference. There was a general recognition that British people living in the Australian environment had been changed and had developed their own distinctive character. The growing independence of the colony accelerated the development of education, culminating in the New South Wales Public Instruction Act of 1880. Kemp’s position as Architect for Public Schools was established at this time – a position he occupied for sixteen years (1880-1896) during which he designed hundreds of new schools for the colony.

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Publication title

Fabrications

Volume

20

Pagination

60-85

ISSN

1033-1867

Department/School

School of Architecture and Design

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Rights statement

Copyright 2011 SAHANZ & Kirsten Orr. Published in Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand

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Understanding Australia’s past

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