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1905-1975 Born 18 January 1905 at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Educated at Broken Hill Superior Public School; Broken Hill High schools; Teachers' College Sydney, 1922-1923. Taught at various primary schools and became head of , and was trained (1922-23) as a primary school teacher at Teachers' College, Sydney. After short postings to Coogee, Alma (Broken Hill) and Milparinka, he was appointed (June 1924) to Broken Hill North Public School where he taught until 1935, except for brief spells at Alma (1932) and Burke Ward Public School (1934). On 23 December 1930 at St Philip's Anglican Church, Broken Hill, he married Kathleen Thelma Arthur, an infants' schoolteacher. Of middle height and medium build, he had a striking personality and was a superb teacher.Griffith Public School, 1939-1942; St Peters Public School, 1945-1948; Bankstown Central School, 1948-1952; Darlinghurst School, 1952-1955. He was seconded to the Child Welfare Department in 1955, he returned to the Department of Education in January 1961 and remained editor of publications until he retired in June 1965. He completed six books describing aspects of his progressive approach to schooling and the upbringing of children, and argues that schools should be as much concerned with developing personality as with the intellect. He also believed in strong teacher-parent relationships. He was president of the New South Wales Section of the New Education Fellowship, 1955-1962. school teacher and educationalist GB/366/687 W. F. Connell, 'McLean, Donald James (1905 - 1975)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15, Melbourne University Press, 2000, pp 261-262 accessed at http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150306b.htm?hilite=mclean on 15/04/2009. Deposited/Corporate/WEF/People/Australia/McLean 11/03/2009 Mkklibyz 15/06/2009 Mkklibyz McLean; Donald (1905-1975); school teacher and educationalist McLean Donald Male GB/366/709 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes 6c16c335-10a5-4aff-95c0-f9ec7c71ef2a