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Harvey History Online

Formerly Harvey Districts Oral History Group

Category: School Histories

Convict Teachers in the Australind District

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019Admin

By Irma Walter & Heather Wade, 2019 It may surprise some readers to learn that there was quite a number…

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Parkfield School (1869 – 1937)

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019Admin

By Maidee Smith, (c1979), with additions by Irma Walter & Heather Wade (2018), using records from the WA State Records…

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Categories of Early Schools in WA

March 13, 2018Admin

The history of our early schools highlights the importance of the category in which they were placed, as this determined…

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District School Boards

March 13, 2018Admin

DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS. THEIR CONSTITUTION AND DUTIES. THE DEPARTMENT’S REGULATIONS, 1911. During the discussions which arose on the various subjects…

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Sparsely Populated District (SPD) Schools.

March 13, 2018Admin

SCHOOLS IN SPARSELY-POPULATED DISTRICTS. THE DEPARTMENT’S REGULATIONS, 1911. The reasons for and Department Regulations pertaining to the Sparsely Populated District…

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Myalup School

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018Admin

By Heather Wade, 2017 At the State Records Office of WA there are two periods of correspondence for the establishment…

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Rosamel School

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018Admin

In the early twentieth century, the WA Government was still struggling to meet the demands of many parents for basic…

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The Coast (Long Swamp) School

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017Admin

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

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Superseded Schools in the Harvey Shire

August 13, 2016August 13, 2016Admin

Superseded Schools in the Harvey Shire Australind – (had several sites, the last one on Cathedral Avenue) Australind – Church…

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Clifton Area School

August 13, 2016March 19, 2017Admin

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

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