Most of the material in this series consists of unsuccessful applications for schools, as well as applications which were granted but did not come to fruition. There is also acquisitions and disposals of unused sites, and letters and reports relating to private schools subsidised by the department.

Most records which can be linked to schools which actually operated have been placed in the School Files. An example of this would be an unsuccessful application predating even by many years a successful application.

The Proposed Schools Files also contain application for schools in areas close to existing schools and declined for that reason, and these often throw light on schools which did operates.

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