Rural Training Centre/School Harvey, 1947 to 1952
By Heather Wade, 2025. After the internees left the Harvey Internment Camp in 1942 the site was used for training…
Category: School Histories
To School by Goods Train
By Kaye Scott, 2023. I am the daughter of Alan James Smith and Daphne Smith nee Brenton, who were farmers…
Convict Teachers in the Australind District
By Irma Walter & Heather Wade, 2019 It may surprise some readers to learn that there was quite a number…
Parkfield School (1869 – 1937)
By Maidee Smith, (c1979), with additions by Irma Walter & Heather Wade (2018), using records from the WA State Records…
Categories of Early Schools in WA
The history of our early schools highlights the importance of the category in which they were placed, as this determined…
District School Boards
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS. THEIR CONSTITUTION AND DUTIES. THE DEPARTMENT’S REGULATIONS, 1911. During the discussions which arose on the various subjects…
Sparsely Populated District (SPD) Schools.
SCHOOLS IN SPARSELY-POPULATED DISTRICTS. THE DEPARTMENT’S REGULATIONS, 1911. The reasons for and Department Regulations pertaining to the Sparsely Populated District…
Myalup School
By Heather Wade, 2017 At the State Records Office of WA there are two periods of correspondence for the establishment…
Rosamel School
In the early twentieth century, the WA Government was still struggling to meet the demands of many parents for basic…
The Coast (Long Swamp) School
By Heather Wade, 2017 A wooden hall known either as the Harvey Coast Hall or Long Swamp Hall was built…