Category: School Histories

By Heather Wade, 2017 A wooden hall known either as the Harvey Coast Hall or Long Swamp Hall was built…

Superseded Schools in the Harvey Shire Australind – (had several sites, the last one on Cathedral Avenue) Australind – Church…

Towards the end of the 19th century there was a growing demand for good farming land in WA. In 1896…

In the early years of Australind settlement formal education was non-existent. However many of the early settlers were skilled artisans…

The first Catholic Church in Harvey was consecrated and opened in 1932 by Archbishop Clune. Until then, visiting priests from…

By Maidee Smith A letter was sent to the Education Department on 1 March 1932 suggesting the formation of a…

By Maidee Smith, c. 1980 The first correspondence to the Minister for the Education requesting that a school be built…

Compiled by Maidee Smith from Education Department files, c. 1980. For ten years, a school had been operating at Mornington…

By Maidee Smith Parkfield School No. 1 – July 1870 to June 1923 It wasn’t until 1871 that the Elementary…