Some children, straining to write well, bore an added burden - left handedness. the days of doubt and psychological inquiry on this question had not yet arrived in 1911, for Inspector West could write unequivocally: "On no account should left-handed children be allowed to write with the left hand. There appear to be an unusual number of left-handed children in the Junior classes." With such stern repressive measures one wonders whether South Australia produced a crop of psychologically disturbed ambidextrous parents in the 1920's.

Grains of Mustard Seed, the first hundred years of State education in South Australia by Colin Thiele