The people who became known as Quakers emerged in Englad in the 1600s.The established church found some of their beliefs challenging and imposed restrictions. Quakers continued living their beliefs and adjusted some of their ways, including the provision of education for their children. Quaker schools in England were established by the time early Quakers settled in Van Diemen's Land. This talk will explore Quaker education from Walsingham to Hobart.
Kathy Rundle is a member of Hobart Meeting and worked at The Friends School for nearly 25 years as a librarian, teacher, historian and archivist. She is proud to have spent many productive years at Friends’ during which she established the School Archives from scatch and was been responsible for several publications , more recently The People of the School published not long before her retirement.