Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Andrew Anderson, the Headmaster of the Ballance School, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated in Geelong, Victoria. He was trained for the profession of teacher at St. Paul's School, Geelong, and matriculated at the Melbourne University in 1871. For some four years Mr. Anderson was second assistant in the Errard Street School, Ballarat, the largest in that fine city, whose schools are its pride. Coming to this Colony in 1874, he was in command of the Waitahuna School for a period of nine years, after which he removed to the North Island and took the care of the Waipukurau School, Hawkes Bay, where he remained for seven years. For the past three or four years Mr. Anderson has been under the Wellington Board of Education, and was appointed to the Ballance School in May, 1896. Mr. Anderson's classification is D2.