The School Board of Advice was a term used in the colonies of Victoria and South Australia for an elected body within a local government area whose remit was to handle the business aspects of a State school or schools in the area. Similar schemes were initiated by Acts of Parliament in Victoria in 1873 and South Australia in 1875, and abolished in both States with the passage of new Education Acts around 1915, to be replaced by school committees or councils. The latter bodies were attached to individual schools and elected by parents, whereas the original were attached to the local council, so responsible for several schools, and elected by ratepayers.