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Title
Volume 87: James Macarthur papers relating to Board of National Education and dismissal of J. H. Plunkett, 1858
Call number
A 2983
Level of description
file
Date

1858
Type of material
Textual Records, Clippings
Reference code
1226740
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
0.035 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript, printed, clippings
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

"Like Governor Sir Richard Bourke [Plunkett] had wished to supplement the ecclesiastical provisions of the Act [Church Act of 1836] by the introduction of the Irish National system in schools, under which children of all religious bodies combined for secular education but separated for religious instruction [...] [I]n 1844 Plunkett supported the Lowe committee, of which he was a member, in advocating the National system, and when it came into force in 1848 Plunkett became the first chairman of the board [...] In February 1858 Cowper, as premier, dismissed Plunkett from the presidency of the National Schools Board. It was a complex dispute, with personal and political overtones as well as important constitutional aspects on the relative powers of the Executive Council and of the board as a body corporate established by an Act of the superseded Legislative Council. Cowper correctly asserted the powers of the government generally, but acted vindictively in using the board's decision to publish its correspondence in the press as his reason for dismissing Plunkett. Public opinion strongly backed Plunkett, and the Legislative Assembly voted for him, but to no avail. As a result Plunkett resigned the presidency of the Legislative Council and all his many public offices." -- T. L. Suttor, 'Plunkett, John Hubert (1802–1869)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/plunkett-john-hubert-2556/text3483, published in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 11 September 2014.
Scope and Content
Speeches, notes and letters of James Macarthur, with New South Wales Votes and Proceedings and newscuttings, February 1858-August 1858.

Include letters in support of J. H. Plunkett undersigned by the patrons and parents of children of the National School at Camden; first subscription list to Plunkett Annuity Fund (printed, with manuscript additions; undated); correspondence to James Macarthur from T. A. Murray, G. K. Holden and others; printed pamphlet: Education in Ireland, being a reprint of the 14th Chapter of Memorandum made in Ireland in the Autumn of 1852 / by John Forbes (Sydney : printed by Reading and Wellbank, 1858) (28 pages)
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners - Applies to manuscripts
Out of copyright: Applies to printed material
Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years - Applies to manuscripts
Approval for publication required: Applies to manuscripts
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
General note

Microfilm copy available at CY 2428
Alphanumeric designations

Macarthur family papers 1789-1930 [First collection] : vol. 87
Creator/Author/Artist
Macarthur, James, 1798-1867
Murray, Terence Aubrey, Sir, 1810-1873
Holden, G. K. (George Kenyon)
Name
Plunkett, John Hubert, 1802-1869
New South Wales. Board of National Education.
Subject
Education--Political aspects--New South Wales.
Government executives--Dismissal of.
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