Peter Board

{{Short description|Australian educationist and public servant}}

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Peter Board {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|CMG}} (27 March 1858 – 12 February 1945) was an Australian educationist and public servant best known for his advocacy of education reform in New South Wales.

Board was born in Wingham, New South Wales, the son of a Scottish immigrant. He studied teaching in Sydney and later became a school inspector in country New South Wales. In 1905 he was appointed under-secretary and director of the Department of Public Instruction, a position he would hold until 1922. He oversaw the establishment of Sydney Teachers' College in 1906 and reforms such as a standardised curriculum overseen by a curriculum council and a high school leaving certificate.{{cite news|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/board-peter-5275|title=Board, Peter (1858–1945)|first=Harold|last=Wyndham|volume=7|year=1979|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Melbourne University Press}}

Board was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1916.{{Cite web |title=Mr Peter Board |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1066646 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=It's an Honour}} He retired as Director of Education in 1922, to be replaced by Stephen Henry Smith.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225133268 |title=Special Gazette under the "Public Service Act 1902" |newspaper=Government Gazette of The State of New South Wales |issue=175 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 December 1922 |accessdate=10 May 2024 |page=6769 |via=National Library of Australia}}