Hedley Yelland - papers, 1924-2006

MLMSS 7756

fonds

1924 - 2006

456745

1 box

Hedley Yelland (1906-2006) was born in Bega, a descendant of German immigrants who came to the South Coast of New South Wales in 1854. He won a scholarship to Sydney University and began his teaching career in 1927. He taught in schools in Goulburn, Newcastle and Lismore before becoming headmaster at Goulburn High School (1948-1949). He was an Inspector of Secondary Schools (1950-1956), Deputy Director of Secondary Education (1956-1965) and Director of Secondary Education (1965-1968). His superior was Sir Harold Wyndham. In 1969 he was appointed Education Member of the Public Service Board and during this time he was also Chairman of the Archives Authority of N.S.W. He retired in 1971 and spent the last years of his life in Albert Court, a retirement hostel in Edgecliffe.

Includes a folder of correspondence, newscuttings and other documents, 1927-75; a copy of 'Grandma's Pistol: A Public Service Life', 1993; a copy of 'Going to Pot' (on pottery); a copy of 'Memoirs of an Inmate: Life in Care', 2006; a folder of early photographs and teaching information, 1924-1990s; a scrapbook of photographs including views of Hay, Bateman's Bay and skiing in the Snowy Mountains, 1920s-1941; photographs of Newcastle High School swimming teams, 1937, 1941; pocket diaries 1968-96.

The copy of 'Grandma's Pistol: A Public Service Life' was transferred from MLMSS 5892.