Elizabeth part 2

This may have been Elizabeth Boak's personal experience in her position at Warrnambool, where she was paid £50 and which she had decided to leave because the pay was too low. In the same letter, she wrote concerning her future:
I am not seeking a situation for a while as I have arranged to stay with my sister-in-law (she has a large school), as I intend to study. I am anxious to go for the Examination for Teachers for Government Schools. I shall feel very independent if I succeed in passing. It is hard work, but quite worth the trouble to get a certificate; one is then sure of employment and good pay.

Elizabeth Boake was correct in pointing to the good pay received by teachers in Government schools. (there then follows a discussion on the salaries of teachers and the state of education in 1867 in Victoria). Elizabeth Boake would have had difficulty obtaining a teaching position in a Government school when she first arrived in the colony, for the competition was fierce.
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As we know from Donnie's tree Elizabeth married in 1874.
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Other references to Elizabeth in the book -
Page 44 Elizabeth Boake, writing of her voyage to Melbourne as a first-class passenger on the Forest Rights, in her letter dated 23March 1867, said:'I would certainly advise a supply of medicines and some kind of pleasant drink, such as raspberry vinegar for variety; one gets so tired of lime juice!'
Page 25 said of her voyage of three and a half months in the Forest Rights, which arrived in Melbourne on 13 January 1867, that it was long and pleasant, 'my fellow passengers and the Captain were all so kind and attentive that the time seemed to pass quite quickly'. An Argus report of this voyage said that it had been protracted, mainly because of light winds and exceedingly fine weather. The passengers praised Captain R.H.Carey's courtesy and attention to their comfort.
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Elizabeth herself was not a Quaker, nor her immediate family but she was of Quaker descent.