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established a Board of National Education on 8 January 1848 to implement a national system of education throughout the Colony. The board decided to create two model schools, one for boys and one for girls. The site of Fort Street Model School was chosen as the old Military Hospital at Fort Phillip,
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The gallery building, designed by Henry Robertson, was constructed in 1856. It provided classrooms for the
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secured a lease of the then Fort Street Girls' School building from the
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This article related to an art display, art museum or gallery in
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is a major public art institution housed in the historic
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The gallery has presented of many artists, including,
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Interior view of S. H. Ervin art gallery, Sydney, NSW
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S.H. Ervin Gallery

S. H. Ervin Gallery is located in Sydney
The Rocks
Sydney
New South Wales
Coordinates
33°51′41″S 151°12′08″E / 33.8612566°S 151.2023252°E / -33.8612566; 151.2023252
Fine arts
visual arts
Asian arts
Wynyard railway station, Sydney
shervingallery.com.au
National Trust Centre
Observatory Park, Sydney
Samuel Henry Ervin
Fort Street School
Governor of New South Wales
Charles FitzRoy
Observatory Hill
Fort Street High School
Petersham, New South Wales
S H Ervin
National Trust of Australia
New South Wales Department of Public works
Conrad Martens
Clarice Beckett
Albert Tucker (artist)
Violet Teague
Kathleen O'Connor (painter)

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