{"id":345,"date":"2017-01-05T13:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T02:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.otb.org.au\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T01:13:09","slug":"school-days-education-in-victoria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/past-exhibitions\/school-days-education-in-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"School Days: Education in Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Brunswick-North-Primary-band-PROV-VPRS-14514-P1-unit6-small.jpg\" alt=\"Public Record Office Victoria image. \" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Brunswick North Primary band PROV VPRS 14514-P1-unit6 small\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Travel back in time to classrooms from the late 1800s onwards in this exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;School Days: Education in Victoria&#8217; Exhibition features classroom stories, school photographs, old text books, and memorabilia collected by the Education Department and preserved within the vaults of the state archives of Public Record Office Victoria. 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