Editing V. Gordon Childe (section)

===Childhood: 1892–1910===

Childe was born on 14 April 1892 in [[Sydney]].{{Sfnm|1a1=Trigger|1y=1980|1p=9|2a1=Green|2y=1981|2p=1}} He was the only surviving child of the Reverend Stephen Henry Childe (1844–1923) and Harriet Eliza Childe, née Gordon (1853–1910), a middle-class couple of [[English Australians|English descent]].{{sfn|Green|1981|p=1}} The son of an [[Anglican]] priest, Stephen Childe was ordained into the [[Church of England]] in 1867 after gaining a BA from the [[University of Cambridge]]. Becoming a teacher, in 1871 he married Mary Ellen Latchford, with whom he had five children.{{sfnm|1a1=Trigger|1y=1980|1p=32|2a1=Green|2y=1981|2pp=3–4}} They moved to Australia in 1878, where Mary died. On 22 November 1886 Stephen married Harriet Gordon, an Englishwoman from a wealthy background who had moved to Australia as a child.{{sfnm|1a1=Trigger|1y=1980|1p=32|2a1=Green|2y=1981|2p=4}} Her father was [[Alexander Gordon (Australian politician)|Alexander Gordon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28351764 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=15,187 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 November 1886 |accessdate=31 December 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Gordon Childe was raised alongside five half-siblings at his father's palatial country house, the Chalet Fontenelle, in the township of [[Wentworth Falls, New South Wales|Wentworth Falls]] in the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]], west of Sydney.{{sfn|Green|1981|p=5}} Rev. Childe worked as the minister for St. Thomas' Parish, but proved unpopular, arguing with his congregation and taking unscheduled holidays.{{sfn|Green|1981|p=5}}

A sickly child, Gordon Childe was educated at home for several years, before receiving a private-school education in [[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]].{{sfn|Green|1981|p=7}} In 1907, he began attending [[Sydney Church of England Grammar School]], gaining his Junior Matriculation in 1909 and Senior Matriculation in 1910. At school he studied ancient history, French, Greek, Latin, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry, achieving good marks in all subjects, but he was bullied because of his physical appearance and unathletic physique.{{sfnm|1a1=Trigger|1y=1980|1p=32|2a1=Green|2y=1981|2p=8}} In July 1910 his mother died; his father soon remarried.{{sfn|Green|1981|pp=8–9}} Childe's relationship with his father was strained, particularly following his mother's death, and they disagreed on religion and politics: the Reverend was a devout Christian and [[social conservatism|conservative]] while his son was an [[atheist]] and [[socialist]].{{sfn|Green|1981|pp=8–9}}