Elizabeth Lindsay Banks b. 1849

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
An educator who brought drawing classes into the curriculum under her charge. Banks was appointed infant mistress at the Public School on Riley St in Sydney's Surry Hills in 1866 and remained there for 15 years. She exhibited the work of her students at the 1887 Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition and the 1888 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, where it won prizes both times.
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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 14271/1933'.>, <ExternalResource: Walker, Mary, 'Elizabeth Lindsay Banks (1849-1933)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1898), 'The Work of Miss E.L. Banks', The Story of Kindergarten in New South Wales, Sydney Teacher's College Kindergarten Society, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1898), 'Handbook for Teachers of infants' schools and junior classes', Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 14271/1933'.>]