Australian School Examination Papers 1914 - 2006 Archive
Monash University English Department
This site contains copies of secondary school examination papers from all states and territories, in PDF format. The period covered is from early in the Twentieth Century to the present. It is part of a research project into English curriculum in Australia.
Enquiries to Baden Eunson, School of English, Communication and Performance Studies:
Baden.Eunson@arts.monash.edu.au
Victoria
1917 (PDF 33 KiB)
1918 (PDF 27 KiB)
1920 (PDF 1.7 MiB)
1921 (PDF 2.2 MiB)
1922 (February) (PDF 816 KiB)
1922 (December) (PDF 716 KiB)
1923 (PDF 808 KiB)
1924 (PDF 2 MiB)
1925 (PDF 1.9 MiB)
1926 (PDF 864 KiB)
1930 (PDF 1.6 MiB)
1937 (PDF 72 KiB)
1944 (PDF 4.4 MiB)
1945 (PDF 2.5 MiB)
1947 (PDF 2.5 MiB)
1948 (PDF 2.6 MiB)
1952 (PDF 29 KiB)
1963 Intermediate (PDF 804 KiB)
1964 Matriculation (PDF 281 KiB)
1965 Matriculation (PDF 462 KiB)
1966 Intermediate (PDF 423 KiB)
1969 Matriculation (PDF 193 KiB)
1970 HSC (PDF 197 KiB)
1977 HSC (PDF 1.8 MiB)
1990 VCE (PDF 1.18 MiB)
For current papers, see:
New South Wales
1922 Leaving (PDF 200 KiB)
1926 Intermediate (PDF 363 KiB)
1932 Leaving (PDF 382 KiB)
1945 Leaving (PDF 232 KiB)
1954 Intermediate (PDF 662 KiB)
1956 Leaving (PDF 1.77 MiB)
1957 Leaving (PDF 802 KiB)
1965 Intermediate (PDF 726 KiB)
1968 HSC (PDF 2.08 MiB)
1972 HSC (PDF 5.7 MiB)
1973 HSC (PDF 2.87 MiB)
1974 HSC (PDF 7.6 MiB)
1975 HSC (PDF 7.2 MiB)
1976 HSC (PDF 6.2 MiB)
1977 HSC (PDF 8.2 MiB)
1979 HSC (PDF 8.4 MiB)
1980 HSC (PDF 3.76 MiB)
1981 HSC (PDF 7.1 MiB)
1985 HSC (PDF 10.9 MiB)
1990 HSC (PDF 7.4 MiB)
For current papers, see:
South Australia
1925 Years 10, 11 and 12 (PDF 421 KiB)
1935 Years 10, 11 and 12 (PDF 818 KiB)
1945 Years 10, 11 and 12 (PDF 797 KiB)
1955 Years 10, 11 and 12 (PDF 1.77 MiB)
1960 Year 12 (PDF 484 KiB)
1965 Years 10, 11 and 12 (PDF 2.46 MiB)
1970 Year 12 (PDF 1.27 MiB)
1980 Year 12 (PDF 1.1 MiB)
1990 Year 12 (PDF 1.47 MiB)
For current papers, see:
Western Australia
1935 Years 10 to 12 (PDF 4.3 MiB)
1945 Years 10 to 12 (PDF 2.6 MiB)
1955 Years 10 to 12 (PDF 923 KiB)
1959 Leaving (PDF 514 KiB)
1960 Leaving (PDF 601 KiB)
1978 Tertiary Admission (PDF 3.69 MiB)
1981 Tertiary Admission (PDF 2.58 MiB)
For current papers, see:
Tasmania
1924 Intermediate (PDF 6.4 MiB)
1935 Matriculation (PDF 6.1 MiB)
1945 Leaving (PDF 4.5 MiB)
1955 (PDF 2.8 MiB)
1956 (PDF 1.1 MiB)
1975 (PDF 3.8 MiB)
1984 (PDF 8.9 MiB)
1995 (PDF 6.7 MiB)
For current papers, see:
Queensland
1966 Junior (PDF 2.4 MiB)
1969 Junior (PDF 4.5 MiB)
1972 Junior (PDF 4.4 MiB)
1973 Senior (PDF 3.8 MiB)
1975 Senior (PDF 4.3 MiB)
1976 Junior (PDF 3.7 MiB)
1978 Senior (PDF 2.0 MiB)
1980 Senior (PDF 4.4 MiB)
For current papers, see:
English Teaching Associations
- Australian Association for the Teaching of English- state associations
NB. The examination papers reproduced here are only available in PDF format as they have been scanned from original hard copy versions.