Public Education Act 1899 (1899 - 1928)

From

1899

To

1928

Categories

Principal Act

Location

Western Australia

The Public Education Act 1899 (s.9) (63 Vict. No. 3) appointed officers to 'accost in the streets or other public places' children 'of school age who are apparently not in attendance at school'. Those children and their parents could then be brought before the courts and children who were found to be 'beyond the control' of their parents could be sent to an industrial school until they were 14 years of age (s.13). This Act was repealed by the Education Act 1938 s. 2(1) (No. 33 of 1928) as at 28 Dec 1928.

Timeline

1899 - 1928

Public Education Act 1899

1928 - 1999

Education Act 1928