Name: Workers Educational Association (Adult Education Offices)
Time: 1910 - 1951 TBA
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Category: Cultural Community of Education
Institution Category: Informing
Institution Group: Public Community Education
Coordinates: -27.466805, 153.025416666667
Street Address: Workers Education Association and Adult Education Offices, corner of Ann and Edward Streets, Brisbane City
Suburb: Brisbane City (CBD)
Sector: Independent \'Community\'
Local Study Area: Spring Hill-CBD-Fortitude Valley-New Farm (Inner City)
Study Stage: MBNH Stage 9 Local Study Areas
The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) of Queensland was formed in Brisbane in 1913 after the visit of Albert Mansbridge, the founder of the Association in Great Britain. The local Association was linked into the University of Queensland, particularly from the work of Elton Mayo.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains (Major); High River Banks (still floods); Ridgeline (Slopes off Wickham Tce)
OM64-13 Workers Educational Association of Queensland Records 1913-1932, 1913 – 1932, OM64-13; Workers’ Educational Association of Queensland (1913 – 1932); John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland.
Further research is underway.
Back To School Again. Brisbane Telegraph, Saturday 19 November 1949, p. 28. NLA Trove
