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Two Wells - the original wells

2025-11-07T01:56:26Z

KayBoon: Created page with "{{Locality |Town or Locality=Wells Road, Two Wells }} Two native wells, just west of the limestone knob [where the main township is now located], were deepened to provide a wa..."

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Two native wells, just west of the limestone knob [where the main township is now located], were deepened to provide a watering place for the early bullock drivers.
A windlass was added, and the wells were stoned up.
The wells were neglected after mains water was supplied, and forgotten.
In 1967, the wells were relocated, but again fell into disrepair. In 1979 the area was rejuvenated as a park.
The wells are not heritage listed.

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== Sources ==

*Two Wells, Then and Now, by Bet Williams.
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User:KayBoon

2024-07-24T06:20:24Z

KayBoon:

Kay Boon (née Milton) has lived in Two Wells district since 1974.

Kay has a deep interest in family and local history. Her research and writing skills developed whilst at University, from which she obtained an Honours Degree (Politics), and those skills were honed at the front line of working in and managing MPs' offices for more than 20 years.

Kay is finalising her first published family history - 'Hampton's Gold' - about her ancestor Henry Hampton who was a pioneer of Echunga in the Adelaide Hills. Two other family histories are in progress, and she has also written two novels, with a third in progress. She has also indexed the late Bet Williams' 'Two Wells Then and Now' book, and updated the index of 'Life Around the Light'. Both indexes are available at the Mallala Museum, and Two Wells Library.

A life member of Two Wells Melodrama Group, Kay is currently its director and tickets officer, and co-writer of next year's script (2025).
Her fellow members of Adelaide Plains Poets Group inspire her to keep writing.

She lives on a small property outside Two Wells, where she has some chooks, a dog, and two horses, as well as a too-large garden.

Kay and her late husband Mark Boon were named Joint Citizens of the Year for the former DC of Mallala in 2009.

Kay was elected to Adelaide Plains Council in 2018, and was re-elected in 2022 for a further two year term.

New Two Wells School Opening

2020-09-04T04:23:14Z

KayBoon:

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The Two Wells Primary School on the new site at Gawler Rd. Two Wells was officially opened on November 2nd 1979 by the Minister of Education Mr. Harold Allison. The official guest list included the Director-General of Education Mr. John Steinle, the Director-General of Public Buildings Department Mr. Roeger, and Mrs. Roeger, the Regional Director of Education Mr. Paul Hewton, Principal Education Officer Mr. R. Budarick, the Chairman of the District Council of Mallala Mr. Lance Davies, and Mrs. Davies,Two Wells School Council members and their Chairman Mr. Neville Sharpe, members of the Two Wells School Welfare Club and their President Mrs. Denise Roberts. 

Mr. Allison unveiled a commemorative plaque before an assembly of all the students and many parents and friends. 

The Principal of the school at the time was Mr. Alan Young.

 

On the Sunday following the official opening, a district celebration was held at the school when, amongst other things a time capsule was put down to be opened in the year 2000. In that year in was reopened, additional items added and the capsule resealed. It is to be reopened in 2020.
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Mallala School

2020-09-04T04:20:36Z

KayBoon:

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The Mallala Public School was completed in May 1877 and a residence for the headteacher was situated adjacent to the school on Owen Road. 

The cost of £936 was partly contributed by the residents and the first teacher appointed was Mr Jas Phillips and the first name on the school register was Annie Eliza Harris. 

At this time the Central Board of Education was in operation and its inspectors were authorised to keep a tight rein on teachers and pupils alike. 

On two dreaded occasions per year schools were visited and standards were checked, children were examined, and the percentages of passes would affect the teacher's salary. 

In those days fees of 4 pence to 6 pence a week were collected, with exception being made for the very poor.

During the term of the appointment of Mr David H. Adams as headmaster the Dublin Board of Advice came into being. It comprised of  Messrs John Forbes, William Temby, George Marshman and Samuel Gray. However, according to a letter to the Minister of Education dated 31 January 1883' the chairman and only one other member appeared to be attending meetings and inspecting schools regularly.

The system of using young monitors seemed very popular in the early days with some being paid by the department, some by the head teacher, while some worked just for the honour. 

By 1892 the Mallala school district was gazetted and this incorporated surrounding schools.

Mr T. Nevin, an obviously progressive headmaster, gained a holiday for his pupils on 29 July 1908 to celebrate the opening of the People's Park. 

This project and many other innovations about the town are credited to his enterprise. 

He is remembered for his donation of the turret and spire on the Methodist church and, oddly, for his seemingly unending supply of white peppermints. 

The attendances greatly increased during the time the RAAF station was in operation and classes were seriously overcrowded.

In 1966 the Education Department began closing small schools and the first students to be transported by bus to Mallala were from Korunye and Reeves Plains schools.  

Then followed the closures of Grace Plains, Windsor, Dublin and finally Long Plains schools.

The sundial is installed at the Mallala School in recognition of the closure of the schools and the transfer of pupils to Mallala.The engravings on the sundial name each of the schools and provide the date of closure while depicting the direction and the distance each school was in relation to the Mallala School. 

With more enrolments and a substantial Commonwealth grant, many amenities were added, including more classrooms, a turfed oval, and a greatly upgraded library.
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| John H. Snell || 1884 || 1892
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| John T. Johnson || 1893 || 1898
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| Thos Nevin || 1899 || 1911
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| George Morphett || 1912 || 1928
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| Alfred V. Gent || 1929 || 1938
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| Leslie A. Williams || 1939 || 1958
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| Arthur O. Wright || 1959 || 1964
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| Thomas Corry || 1965 || 1966
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| G. A. Loffler || 1967 || 1972
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| Graham Tilbrook || 1972 || 1974
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| David S. Arthur || 1975 || 1997
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| Ian Muster || 1998 || 1998
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| Carmine Carfasso || 2006 || 2011
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|Sources=Mallala Museum research notes - schools folders,''Life around the Light: A history of the Mallala District Council area'' - compiled by Two Wells, Mallala and District History Book Committee, Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala (Mallala. S. Aust.) 1985
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{{Memory|While I, Margaret Field, was teaching at Mallala a classroom was added and it extended the lone transportable building into a two classrooms structure with an enclosed porch on the north side of both rooms. It was luxury now as in particular the doors to the rooms and the racks holding the belongings of the children were not exposed to the elements. Ena Rander and myself used the building to teach the years one,two and three classes.Mr Arthur and Mrs Mavis Wright taught in the stone building.It seemed that just as we relished this space the R A A F personnel were transferred and 40 children from the RAAF Base now were not in attendance.The Education Department decided to reduce the staff to three teachers and remove the newly installed transportable.For me it seemed I was always on a building site competing with all the associated noises and keeping children safe from all the activity of the tradesmen.
The years I taught at Mallala were 1958,1959 and 1960 and these three years, for me, fulfilled the bond obligation of country service.
Margaret Tiller
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Windsor School

2020-09-04T04:19:46Z

KayBoon:

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== ==

The first school teacher was Miss Julina Temby, a daughter of Mr W. Temby, the first storekeeper. She used a room of the verandah at the store as a school room. When the church was built and officially opened in December 1873, the school moved to the church and remained there until the public school was built. It opened in 1878 with eight pupils and Mrs Ambrose was the first teacher. She was followed by Miss Jenkin then Mr Ryder. In 1882 Miss Alice B. Hinde was appointed.

Other Teachers until closure in 1971 were:

1-1-1885: George Edwards

29-3-1891: Colin Chas Noak

4-6 1895: William Johanning

1-1-1896: Mary A. Holt

2-4-1899: Miriam B. Peters

1-7-1899: Jane Hill

14- 4-1902: Jessie Lonpon

14-9-1922: Alice Day

14-9-1922: Annie M. Lynch

9-4-1923: Alice Day

6-9-1924: Kath H. Samwell

17-1-1925: Elsie A. Whittington

29-1-1929: John Michael Kain

26-1-1932: Cyril E. Roberts

19-9-1951: J.T.Atkins

11-2-1958: M.M.Ruediger

9-2-1960: A.J.Millikan

5-2-1963: Elsie D. Snell

6-2-1967: Neil W. Dunstan

6-2-1971: Robert J. Beaton

The enrolments in the first four years ranged from 8 pupils in 1878 to 5,4,8 and reached 15 pupils by 1882. There was a record high of 49 enrolments in 1885 and again in 1895. After 1912 the enrolments fluctuated between about twenty-five children to thirty-five children, with some low years post World War Two. During the final three years of operating, the enrolments at Windsor School were once again down to 15 pupils.

The school had an active [[Windsor School Welfare Club|Welfare Club]].

Following the closure of the Windsor School, the majority of the children were transported 19 km. by school bus to the Mallala School.

The photograph of the sundial is included in the article because it recognises the closure of the Windsor School.

The sundial is installed at the Mallala School with engravings to show the distance,the date of closure and the direction that the Windsor school was in relation to Mallala.
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{{Memory|I attended Windsor Primary School from 1952 until 1957. The teacher was Mr Jack Atkin. There were about twenty pupils and I was the only one in my class every year.}}
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Two Wells School

2020-09-04T04:18:45Z

KayBoon:

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The new Two Wells School was opened on November 2nd 1979 by the Minister of Education Mr. Harold Allison. Planning for the new school had been assisted by the parent commitee from the former Two Wells school, and the school council was involved in tendering for contracts involving the initial planting of 700 native trees around the perimeter of the new block and then the landscaping and water reticulation system for the ovals. The Principal at the time of the transfer from the old to the new school was Mr. Alan Young. During the eight years Mr Young was appointed to the Two Wells, the school went from strength to strength and with the new buildings and changes in educational outlook a new era of education had begun.

Mrs Christine Lidas joined the staff in 1979 and began also teaching Greek culture. From that time, staff members with migrant backgrounds have been teaching those cultures and languages where possible. Miss Kath Cannizzaro joined the staff in 1983.

Through the years the academic progress of students has been nurtured together with their sporting prowess. The school has for many years combined with neighbouring schools in competitive sports and encouraged physical fitness. some former students who have succeeded at sport include Raymond and Mark Prior, Central District league football; Wayne Prior, SA State cricket team and member of Packer cricketing organisation; Gary Sharpe and John Mihaljevic, State junior hockey (1978).

On 8 June 1983 the Two Wells-Mallala & Districts Community Library was formally opened at the school by Mrs Joyce Batty. The school council named the library building `The Alan Young Building' and invited Mr Young back to unveil the plaque commemorating the occasion. Recently the library has been relocated from the school grounds, to the former Two Wells Institute building.
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Two Wells School

2020-09-04T04:18:24Z

KayBoon:

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== ==

The new Two Wells School was opened on November 2nd 1979 by the Minister of Education Mr. Harold Allison. Planning for the new school had been assisted by the parent commitee from the former Two Wells school, and the school council was involved in tendering for contracts involving the initial planting of 700 native trees around the perimeter of the new block and then the landscaping and water reticulation system for the ovals. The Principal at the time of the transfer from the old to the new school was Mr. Alan Young. During the eight years Mr Young was appointed to the Two Wells, the school went from strength to strength and with the new buildings and changes in educational outlook a new era of education had begun.

Mrs Christine Lidas joined the staff in 1979 and began also teaching Greek culture. From that time, staff members with migrant backgrounds have been teaching those cultures and languages where possible. Miss Kath Cannizzaro joined the staff in 1983.

Through the years the academic progress of students has been nurtured together with their sporting prowess. The school has for many years combined with neighbouring schools in competitive sports and encouraged physical fitness. some former students who have succeeded at sport include Raymond and Mark Prior, Central District league football; Wayne Prior, SA State cricket team and member of Packer cricketing organisation; Gary Sharpe and John Mihaljevic, State junior hockey (1978).

On 8 June 1983 the Two Wells-Mallala & Districts Community Library was formally opened at the school by Mrs Joyce Batty. The school council named the library building `The Alan Young Building' and invited Mr Young back to unveil the plaque commemorating the occasion. Recently the library has been relocated from the school grounds, to the former Two Wells Institute building.
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Redbanks School

2020-09-04T04:17:49Z

KayBoon:

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== ==

The Redbanks Wesleyan Church was listed as opening a provisional school during 1879-1880. The land for the church was identified as Part Section 46 Hundred of Grace. It was documented on the 21st of December 1880 that the land was conveyed by Joseph Dix to the Minister Controlling Education.

In 1880 Redbanks was part of the Dublin School district, and no teachers' names or number of pupils were recorded until 1881, when Ada F. Langdon was listed. She taught until 1889. In 1891 the Board of Advice from Dublin recommended that the Redbanks school be closed. Mr Talbot and Mrs Matters pressured the Education Department into reopening the school and in September 1906 the Education Gazette reports Redbanks again as a new school. Miss McRae was the first teacher and the average attendance at school was 15 or 16 children. The school was made a class 9 in 1913, when Miss Rosalie K. Collins came as a teacher. She had a horse and buggy and boarded with Miss Bowler, the Korunye school teacher, in the Korunye school house. Miss Collins taught until the end of 1918 with an average of nearly 23 children, the largest attendance at Redbanks school. Lillian M. Adams taught 19 children in 1919. Redbanks School had a neat, well kept garden, each bed surrounded with stones. One lesson pepper trees were planted. The children who planted one each were Linda Wait, May Helps, Olga Leske, Bill Pritchard and Cyril Hall. These trees grew very slowly, as the ground is stony, but persisted, along with some native shrubs and some tall gums in tidy rows. In 1920 Miss Ellen Toole, a local girl, taught 18 children for five years. In 1937 the school was made a class 7 school and Miss Beatrice Higgins and Frank E. Fischer (a local teacher) shared the closing year. This building never opened as a school again.

Redbanks School Teachers

{|
|-
| 1881-1888
| Ada R Langdon
| 1920-1924
| Ellen Toole, a local girl
|-
| 1889-1890
| Harriette C. Ward
| 1925-1927
| Edna M. Birchall
|-
| 1891
| School closed
| 1928-1932
| Mary Fennessy
|-
| 1906
| School reopened
| 1933-1934
| Gwyndoline M. James
|-
| 1906-1909
| Miss McRae
| 1935-1936
| Kenneth H. Pearce
|-
| 1910-1912
| Pamela Tamblyn
| 1937
| Beatrice C. Higgins
|-
| 1913-1918
| Rosalie K. Collins
| 1937 
| Frank E. Fischer
|-
| 1919
| Lilliam M. Adams
| 1937
| School closed
|}
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|Sources=Mallala Museum research notes
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Lewiston School

2020-09-04T04:17:02Z

KayBoon:

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= =

The earliest reference to a Government school in the Hundred of Port Gawler is found in the minute book of the District Council of Mudla Wirra on 29 January 1855. `Mr McCord presented a memorial from a number of influential inhabitants of the Hundred of Port Gawler, requesting the district council to assist them in building a school house.' The commendable members of the council resolved that, `the sum of £200 was to be put aside for school building and other educational purposes . . .' with the proviso that, `the money must not be spent on land not vested in the district council.'

In March of that year Mr John Edwin Gameau, the clerk of the council was asked to prepare a trust deed of the land given by Mr Henry Hornhardt for the erection of a public school. Almost immediately a building committee was formed to prepare plans and costs. This committee consisted of Messrs Dennis McEvoy, Samuel Cossidy and for a short time Henry Hornhardt, James McCord and Johnson Carson. When they retired John Dawkins joined the committee. In October 1855 the approval of these plans by the Board of Education had been received together with a grant of C135.

Just one year after the original request, in February 1856, Mr George Warren reported to council that the school building on the Hundred of Port Gawler as `finished in a highly satisfactory manner.'

Mrs Ellen Mankey (nee Pederick), in the story of her life, recalls the Lewiston school being opened and of the first teacher, Mr Waters, who did not stay long and who was followed by Mr H. T Ashton. In July 1855 the Government Gazette mentions that Mr H. T Ashton was the teacher at Pt Gawler School, one of the places supplied with a school for the first time. There were 33 children attending.

Mrs Mankey says in her memoirs, `Mr Henry Prior Ashton was a good Christian man; always opened school with singing a hymn and prayer. He always tried to do what he thought was right. He often visited us in our homes and brought the illustrated London papers and spent the evening explaining the pictures to us. "

It is interesting to follow the story of this first Government school in the district, built by the District Council of Mudla Wirra and the Education Board. The former was responsible for the building and maintenance, the latter for teachers and inspection. As part of their responsibilities the Mudla Wirra Council resolved in March 1856 that, `the whole of the area is fenced, posts to be of peppermint with three rails of split pine.' By 1872 the school mistress was also conducting the post office in the schoolroom and apparently this practice continued for many years.

Unfortunately the school was in the floodpath of the Gawler River and during the big flood of 17 April 1889 water entered up to the windows. In 1917 came another big flood and Mr C. J. Pederick recollected how Mr Aunger came on horseback, in the middle of a dry, warm, sunny afternoon and told the teacher to send the children home immediately as the flood was coming. When Mr Pederick arrived home early, bringing the cows as was his practice, his parents reprimanded him severely. The flood did come that afternoon and again the school buildings had water up to the windows.

As the years went by a highlight of the school year became the picnic, later known as the Lewiston picnic. This was a day of community involvement, lunch and tea was served and sports conducted for children and adults. The cost for lunch was I/- and for lunch and tea 1/6 during all those years. The first recorded picnic was held on 17 September 1926, and the last on 6 October 1944.

Records of the Lewiston School committee were destroyed by fire when Mr R. McCord's residence was burnt on 27 September 1920. The committee members at that time were Mr R. L. Day chairman, Mrs Day, Mrs Aunger, Mr J. R. Lawrie, Mr. H. J. Pederick. At the final meeting of the committee in 1944 the members were Mr F. H. Frost chairman, Mr C. J. Pederick, Mrs H. Judd, Mr E. Green, Mrs S. Menadue, Mr G. B. Oliver. Mr W. H. H. Connor was the head teacher.

Apart from a brief occasion or two, the school remained open until the buildings were condemned in 1944. For a short period school was conducted in the old Bethesda church on the corner of section 205. However, the decision was taken to close the school and transport the children to Two Wells.

Miss Coral Pratt (now Mrs Roberts) undertook to take the children to Two Wells Primary School in her 1924 Dodge car. There were nine children, sometimes ten and the round trip added up to a monthly mileage of 550 using on the average 26 gallons of petrol. Mrs Roberts recalls that she was never late for school and on one occasion when she had a flat tyre the children were delighted to imagine they would be late for once. However, not to be outdone, Miss Pratt got out the jack and changed the tyre and disappointed her charges by arriving on time as usual. She does recall one occasion when two young boys could not be found after school, so after waiting some 15 minutes she left without them.- An irate father came to see her that night and after she had explained that she could not find the boys he went home to discover their story. They had hidden themselves in the council chambers so they could walk home and go bird nesting!

The closing of Lewiston School after 88 years ended an era where a small community with limited funds could continue to educate their children.

As of 2010, this building no longer exists.
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Reeves Plains School

2020-09-04T04:16:18Z

KayBoon:

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==   ==
'''Opening of the Reeves Plains School October 15th 1867'''
(Excerpt from the South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 22nd October 1867)

“''The ceremony of opening the new school at Reeves Plains took place on Tuesday October 15th. The day was a boisterous one with a heavy wind blowing all day and giving every indication of more rain. However with the exception of a light shower, which was enough to make the roads (which are in a fearsome condition) almost impassable, the day was a favourable one.

''The building is very substantial and well finished, containing a family residence for the schoolmaster and the spacious school room calculated to hold from 150 to 200 students.
''It is built of stone with brick quoins and ornamental coping. It cost 434 pounds 3 shillings and 5 pence.

''It is situated on a part of Mr W. Smith’s section, that gentleman having generously given an acre of land for the purpose. The grounds on the occasion were beautifully decorated with pines, and over the gate way and arch with the inscription “Welcome” curiously woven with flowers. They reflected great credit on the ladies for their perseverance and taste.
''
''At the public meeting held in the evening and presided over by Mr Cordon it was revealed by Mr Masters that the total cost of the building, furniture, maps etc, was 469 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence''.

''The chairman called upon Mr Gibson of Kapunda to give the lecture and then the Red Banks choir sang three anthems. A vote of thanks was tendered and the meeting closed at 10.30 pm.”
''''

''''Land for both the school and church was acquired from William Smith who was an original landholder having been allotted the section 89 Hundred of Port Gawler on 7 March 1859. One acre of land was purchased for the building of the school on 2 July 1866.

The first teacher was Mr Adams. Others to follow were Mr Allport, Mr Small, Miss Ryan, Mrs Rudall and Mr Fitzgerald.

'''The school closed in 1967''' when a school bus service was commenced to take the children to Mallala Primary School.

The school building is still standing and is one of the very few original buildings still in existence in the district.
The building is used as a private residence in 2009.
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! Teacher !! First Name !! Date commenced !! note !! Arrived from !! Date Departed !! Destination
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| Adams || Thomas || 1867 || || || 1872 ||
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| Mitchell || William || 1872 || || || 1873 ||
|-
| Gilmore || Robert C. || 1874 || || || 1875 ||
|-
| Allport || Henry || 1876 || || || 1878 ||
|-
| Ryan || Annie G. || 1879 || || || 1881 ||
|-
| Small || Samuel || 1879 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elizabeth Anna || 01/10/1881 || || || ||
|-
| Rudall || Elise Mathilda || 13/04/1885 || || || ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Richard Francis || 04/04/1887 || || || 1889 ||
|-
| Fitzgerald || Catherine M. || 04/04/1887 || || || ||
|-
| O'Mahoney || Ellen || 06/10/1889 || || || 1890 ||
|-
| Upton || John || 12/05/1890 || || || ||
|-
| Upton || Louisa Ann || 08/02/1897 || || || 1902 ||
|-
| Wynne || Ellen || 7/07/1902 || || || 1903 ||
|-
| Annear || Mary Euphemia || 19/01/1903 || || || 1904 ||
|-
| Cameron || Annie Josephine || 11/04/1904 || || || 1905 ||
|-
| Farrelly || James Joseph || 25/03/1905 || || || 1912 ||
|-
| Wright || Margaret || 23/01/1906 || || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 8/04/1907 || || || ||
|-
| Keane || Mary Margaret || 8/03/1909 || LT || || ||
|-
| Wicks || Margaret || 12/06/1909 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie Mary || 28/05/1910 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| McMamara || Laura M || 18/01/1915 || LT || || ||
|-
| Shepherd || Jessie M. || 22/02/1915 || || || 1915 ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin August || 14/09/1915 || || || 1919 ||
|-
| Struch || Gwenda C. || 13/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Schmidt || Edwin A. || 28/08/1916 || || || ||
|-
| Cunningham || Edward Henry || 1/10/1919 || || || 1924 ||
|-
| Knight || Beryl M || 1/04/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Milner || Frank E || 4/08/1924 || || || ||
|-
| Day || Frank S. C. || 4/03/1929 || || Robertstown West || 31/12/1930 || Canowie Belt
|-
| Congdon || Thomas C || 27/01/1931 || || Kulpara || 26/06/1936 || Kingscote
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| Hussey || Francis L. || 30/06/1936 || || Gawler Primary || 31/12/1938 || Farrell Flat
|-
| Smith || Clarence || 31/01/1939 || || Barossa Goldfields || 31/12/1942 || Gilbert Street
|-
| Larwood || John D. || 26/01/1943 || || Morella || 21/12/1944 || Mannanarie
|-
| Beaton || Francis || 13/02/1945 || || AIF Sebastopol || 10/12/1947 || Croydon
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| Lowe || N. || 24/02/1948 || || East Adelaide || 13/09/1948 || Relieving Duties
|-
| Tucker || Garnet Ludwig || 14/09/1948 || || Eden Hills || 12/05/1950 || Retired 11/05/50
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| Webb || Raymond || 23/05/1950 || || Poochera || 3/09/1953 || Batchelour NT
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| Hunter || R. Stewart || 15/09/1953 || || Fairview || 31/12/1956 || Parkside Primary
|-
| Ridgeway || Brian E. || 12/02/1957 || || Lameroo Area School || 31/12/1960 || Thebarton
|-
| Richter || Ken G. || 7/02/1961 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 31/12/1964 || Linden Park Demonstration
|-
| Tscharke || Geraldine || 9/02/1965 || || Wattle Park Teachers college || 26/08/1966 || Angaston

|}
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{{Memory|The Reeves Plains Tennis Club had courts adjacent to the school and in 1962 entered two teams, one in the Lower North Association and the other in Gawler River Association.This continued until 1966 when the club had only one team in the Gawler River Association.}}
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Korunye School

2020-09-04T04:15:17Z

KayBoon:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Government
|AltName=Paddy's Station School, Paddy's Bridge School
|Locality=Korunye
|Geocoordinates=-34.523614008335, 138.52150440216
|DateEstablished=1897
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1966
|Date approximate2=No
|EstablishedBy=Mrs Thomas Verner
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
The first primary school was started at Paddy's Station by the efforts of Mrs Thomas Verner. There were many children in the Paddy's Station area and Mr and Mrs Verner offered, if a teacher could be provided by the Education Department, a cottage on their property for the venue. All the families in the district supported her efforts and in 1897 Paddy's Bridge School was established. Miss Blanche O. Ayliffe was the first teacher.

In 1900, a stone school residence and schoolroom combined was erected by the Education Department on land donated by Mr Arthur Pratt. The cost of the building was £498, 6 shillings and 6 pence. Children attended the school from both sides of the river, German Town Hill Road, Reeves Plains, as far south as Mr Jack Secomb's, Mr Len Simpkin's and the Mallala road. In 1921 the name 'Paddy's Bridge' was changed to Korunye as was the bridge and railway station. When the school closed in 1966 the pupils were taken daily by Education Department bus to the [[Mallala School|Mallala School]]. The building still stands and is a private residence.

 
Paddy's Bridge School Records
{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
! Teacher in Charge
! Commenced
! Departed
|-
| Blanche Ayliffe
| 1897
| 1898
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| William J. Robertson
| 1900
| 1902
|-
| Lizzie Forsyth
| 1903
|
|-
| Jessie C. Miers
| 1904
|
|-
| Julius A. W. Kayser
| 1905
|
|-
| Mary E. Ahle
| 1906
|
|-
| Isidore H.P. Callier
| 1907
| 1908
|-
| Julius A.W. Kayser
| 1909
|
|-
| Lillian B. Hoar
| 1910
|
|-
| Mary A. Elwood
| 1911
| 1913
|-
| Mary Bowler
| 1914
| 1917
|-

| Gladys Lomman
| 1918
| 1919
|-
| Elizabeth T. M. O'Brien
| 1920
|
|-
| Elizabeth Morgan
| 1920
|-
| Hartel O. Robinson
| 1921
| 1923
|-
| William R. Burman
| 1924
| 1925
|-
| Dorothy Ashton
| 1926
|
|-
| Martha C. Retchford
| 1927
| 1929
|-
| B.J. Kearney
| 1930
|
|-
| Cyril G. Willis
| 1931
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|-
| Thomas Partridge
| 1932
| 1938
|-

| Ernest K. Stevens
| 1939
| 1940
|-
| John D. Hutley
| 1941
| 1944
|-

| Ivor H. Jury, RAAF
| 1944
|
|-
| John D. Hutley
| 1945
| 1948
|-
| Margaret Kitto
| 1948
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|-
| Frank S. C. Day
| 1949
| 1952
|-
| Brian Koerner
| 1953
| 1957
|-
| Vytautus Patupas
| 1958
| 1959
|-
| Edward J. Worrell
| 1960
| 1962
|-
| T.J. Weste
| 1963
|
|-
| Peter Buckley
| 1964
|
|-
| Grantley Sims
| 1964
| 1966

|}
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{{Memory|M says:

I was one of the kids at Korunye Primary when it finally closed. I think there were only 6 or seven of us left. Apart from Reading, Writing and Arithmatic, one of my duties as a primary school student was to sometimes turn on the electric stove in the schoolmaster's residence and warm up his lunch ! This did not prevent me getting the cane from time to time.
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{{Memory|N says:

Korunye School children travelled to school on bicycle,on horseback and on foot from the surrounding farms. My husband recalled the boys sometimes holding horseraces in the paddock during their lunch hour.
The annual Concert was always a big event in the school year and was held in the Redbanks Hall.
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Lower Light School

2020-09-04T04:14:31Z

KayBoon:

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|SubCategory=Government
|StreetName=Gordon Road
|Locality=Lower Light
|Geocoordinates=-34.533624038, 138.459556103
|DateEstablished=1860
|Date approximate=Yes
|CeasedOperation=1963
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
== ==

Although these early settlers were well educated themselves such was not the case with the children. Coming to an area which was unsettled where homes had to be built, a living to be made and with their time and means thus expended, a school was a distant vision on the horizon. However, to overcome the difficulty Mr Jimmy Johnson at Korunye employed a governess as did Mr Town at Lower Light. Local children attended at these homes and a fee was charged for each child taught and this helped with the salary of the governess. Secondary education was rare until the early twentieth century.

Early in Lower Light's history there was a small wooden structure, built in the 1860s, on the church grounds. It was used for church, Sunday school and day school. From 1874 until 1890 the teacher's fees were paid by the parents, the children each taking so many pennies to school on Friday. A combined school and residence was established by the Education Department in 1881, the total cost being £505, 16 shillings and 3 pence.

In 1891 the first salary from the Education Department was received by Mr Alfred M. Stapley when a Bill was passed through parliament introducing 'free education'.

Children had attended at these schools as far away as Frosts in the Dublin area, from the Mallala road, as far as Mr Arthur Pratt's and all along the river to the west. 

 

{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
! Date of Taking Charge
! Head Teacher
|-
| 1876-77
| Daniel Coleman
|-
| 1878
| Manton Jackson
|-
| 1880-89
| Duncan McNaughton
|-
| 1900-09
| Alfred M. Stapley
|-
| 1910-12
| Ada Langdon
|-
| 1913-18
| Kate M. Kaine
|-
| 1919
| Andrew G. Brown
|-
| 1920
| Victor Slee
|-
| 1821
| William J. Hahn
|-
| 1922
| Alfred W. H. Lockyer
|-
| 1923-30
| Phyllis M. Fisher
|-
| 1931-37
| Harold J. Donnelly
|-
| 1938-40
| George Geddes
|-
| 1941
| Florence Bigg
|-
|
|Leonard Vickery
|-
|
|Dulcie Battain
|-
| 1941-45
| Dorren Ware
|-
| 1945-49
| Sylvia Schwalbie
|-
| 1950-58
| Joseph Costello
|-
| 1959-62
| Kenneth Clare
|-
| 1963
| Closed 5 February 1963
|}
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|Sources=''Life around the Light: A history of the Mallala District Council area'' compiled by Two Wells. Mallala and District History Book Committee. Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala. (Mallala. S. Aust.) 1985.,Mallala Museum research notes
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{{Memory|Mark & Kay Boon bought the Old School House in 1993, and renovated it extensively, particularly by building a new bathroom and laundry.
The classroom, which had been partitioned many years before to create two bedrooms and a passage, was restored by removing the partitions, thus creating a kitchen/living room.
They sold the property in 2014.
The school house is surrounded on two sides by council reserve with hundreds of sheltering trees, and private property on the other two sides.|Kay Boon
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Port Gawler North (Two Wells) School

2020-09-04T04:13:29Z

KayBoon:

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|SubCategory=Government
|AltName=Two Wells School
|StreetName=Old Port Wakefield
|StreetSuffix=Road
|Locality=Two Wells
|Geocoordinates=-34.5936633567, 138.513795733
|DateEstablished=1865
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1979
|Date approximate2=No
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
== ==

The first mention of a Government school in Two Wells is in the SA Government Gazette of 1863, where the Port Gawler North School is listed as one of 16 school houses in the course of erection. The school opened in 1865 with William Tupper as head teacher and 32 pupils in attendance.

The local newspapers reported in 1873 that efforts were being made to increase the school house accommodation and in July over £30 was collected at a meeting called to discuss the project. Later, in October a bazaar was held in Mr Warren's wheat store (now the grocery shop opposite the old school) and £64.15.0 was raised. The efforts were successful because the Education Gazette 1874 records that the Two Wells school house was enlarged.

The school buildings remained the property of the district council until 1876 when the Board of Education began negotiations to take them over. The district council was agreeable to this providing they received £45.10.0 reimbursement for the money they had recently spent on the new floor of the Lewiston School and the whitewashing of the three school houses at Lewiston, Two Wells and Reeves Plains. These negotiations were completed and the deeds handed to the Board of Education.

The earliest school register began 1 January 1878 when Mr Robert Hoar was appointed teacher in charge and he entered the names of students who were in attendance in 1877. Among those names on the first page are found Thomas, Alice and Robert West, William and John Secomb, James and Eva Manuel, Timothy Rowe, Albert and Frederick Day and James McCord, all names associated with the early settlers who worked hard to establish the Port Gawler district. Enrolments remained around 50 children and in 1908 the first junior teacher was appointed. The numbers of pupils fell in 1910 to below 40 until the closing of the Lewiston School in 1945 when it rose again to 47.

During World War II slit trenches were dug for children, and the head teacher at the time, Mr R. Dent, noted in his report how the trenches could be occupied within one minute from the alert signal. Fortunately these were never needed.

By 1950, 76 pupils were crowded into the school and accommodation was critical. A third teacher was appointed and a class was housed in the nearby old council chambers. In 1955 the enrolment reached 100 and two portable buildings were acquired. This made room for an all-pupose room and the beginning of the excellent school library.

With an enrolment increase of 63% over nine years to 1959 and 39% of these children from migrant families predominantly from southern Europe, a new era was entered. The increase in numbers continued and by 1970 had reached 182 with 66% from migrant families. During the years of growth to 1978, 12 temporary classrooms were added to house the students and provide administration offices and staffroom.

Newsletters began to go out to parents in Greek, Italian and English and an ethnic library began. Mrs Jasmin Kapiris was also employed for a few hours per week to translate and liaise with parents. In 1970 the first clerical assistant, Mrs Bet Williams, was employed and this was followed in 1974 with the first teacher aide, Mrs Anna Canala and in 1977 a second teacher aide, Mrs Raelene Spurling. Mrs Pat Seccafien joined the staff as a library aide and Italian liaison in 1978

Other changes were also taking place and in 1976 the school became part of a pilot programme aimed at an awareness of the other cultures in our society. Greater involvement by parents was achieved through committees formed to discuss and implement education, ethnic affairs, playground equipment and planning for a new school. The growth continued and after 114 years of continual use the old site was vacated on 23 May 1979 for the new school on Gawler Road.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Teacher Name
|-
| 1866 ||TUPPER, William
|-
| 1867 ||TUPPER, William
|-
| 1868 ||TEPPER, William
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| 1868 ||TUPPER, William
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| 1869 ||TUPPER, William
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| 1870 ||ANDERSON, Welwood James
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| 1871 ||ANDERSON, Welwood James
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| 1872 ||ANDERSON, Welwood James
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| 1873 ||ANDERSON, Welwood James
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| 1874 ||ANDERSON, Welwood James
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| 1875 ||ANDERSON, Welwood James
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| 1876 ||ANDERSON, Sarah
|-
| 1876 ||ANDERSON, Welwood James
|-
| 1877 ||ANDERSON, Sarah
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| 1877 ||ANDERSON, Welwood James
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| 1877 ||DONNELLY, Bernard
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| 1878 ||HOAR, Robert
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| 1879 ||HOAR, Robert
|-
| 1880 ||HOAR, Robert
|-
| 1881 ||HOAR, Robert
|-
| 1882 ||HOAR, Robert
|-
| 1883 ||HOAR, Robert
|-
| 1884 ||YOUNG, John
|-
| 1885 ||YOUNG, John
|-
| 1886 ||YOUNG, Catherine
|-
| 1886 ||YOUNG, John
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| 1887 ||YOUNG, John
|-
| 1888 ||YOUNG, Catherine
|-
| 1888 ||YOUNG, John
|-
| 1889 ||YOUNG, John
|-
| 1890 ||YOUNG, John
|-
| 1891 ||SNELL, Frederick
|-
| 1892 ||SNELL, Frederick
|-
| 1893 ||SNELL, Frederick
|-
| 1894 ||SNELL, Frederick
|-
| 1895 ||SNELL, Frederick
|-
| 1896 ||SNELL, Frederick
|-
| 1897 ||SNELL, Frederick
|-
| 1898 ||SNELL, Frederick
|-
| 1899 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1899 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1900 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1900 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
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| 1901 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1901 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1902 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1902 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1903 ||ADAMS, Ernest Matthew
|-
| 1903 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1903 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1904 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1904 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1905 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1905 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1906 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
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| 1906 ||FRIEDRICHS, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Karl
|-
| 1906 ||SICKERT, Helene Martha
|-
| 1907 ||JOHNCOCK, Charles Fuller
|-
| 1907 ||SICKERT, Helene Martha
|-
| 1908 ||BOERKE, Selma Melita
|-
| 1908 ||HARTNETT, Thomas Vincent
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| 1908 ||HARTNETT, Thomas Vincent
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| 1908 ||JOHNCOCK, Charles Fuller
|-
| 1909 ||HARTNETT, Thomas Vincent
|-
| 1909 ||NICHOLSON, Annie
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| 1910 ||HARTNETT, Thomas Vincent
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| 1910 ||HARTNETT, Thomas Vincent
|-
| 1911 ||HARTNETT, Thomas Vincent
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| 1912 ||HARTNETT, Thomas Vincent
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| 1912 ||TEAR, Myrtle Jane
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| 1913 ||DINGLE, Herbert Mitchell
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| 1913 ||TEAR, Myrtle Jane
|-
| 1914 ||DINGLE, Herbert Mitchell
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| 1914 ||TEAR, Myrtle Jane
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| 1915 ||DINGLE, Herbert Mitchell
|-
| 1915 ||TEAR, Myrtle Jane
|-
| 1916 ||DINGLE, Herbert Mitchell
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| 1916 ||DINGLE, Herbert Mitchell
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| 1917 ||DINGLE, Herbert Mitchell
|-
| 1918 ||DINGLE, Herbert Mitchell
|-
| 1919 ||BRAY, James Henry
|-
| 1920 ||BRAY, James Henry
|-
| 1920 ||BRAY, James Henry
|-
| 1921 ||BRAY, James Henry
|-
| 1922 ||BRAY, James Henry
|-
| 1923 ||BRAY, James Henry
|-
| 1923 ||BRAY, James Henry
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| 1924 ||BRAY, James Henry
|-
| 1929 ||PAECH, Bernhard Paul
|-
| 1930 ||PAECH, Bernhard Paul
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| 1930 ||PAECH, Bernhard Paul
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| 1931 ||PAECH, Bernhard Paul
|-
| 1931 ||PAECH, Bernhard Paul
|}
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Dublin School

2020-09-04T04:12:38Z

KayBoon:

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|AltName=Dublin School
|StreetNumber=Lot 59
|StreetName=South
|StreetSuffix=Terrace
|Locality=Dublin
|Geocoordinates=-34.455889593791, 138.35025072098
|DateEstablished=1881
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1972
|Date approximate2=No
|EstablishedBy=State Goverment
|BusinessPurpose=Education
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In 1881 when the school commenced it was classified as a" Provisional School" and 25 children received instruction.The school was opened for 54 days and the teacher was William Moore. 

The following year, in 1882, the school was known as a "Public School" with an enrolment of 48 pupils and  William Hayes was the teacher.

The Welfare  Club and the School Committee made every effort to keep the school well equipped and school fetes held at the Dublin Institute contributed to the fund raising efforts.

The traditional School Breakup Concerts were enjoyed by the community.

A few highlights noted by the School Committee

*the planning and arrangements for interschool picnics and sports days
*in 1954 a rose garden was established to commemorate the Queen's visit to South Australia
*in 1954 Mrs P Barnes on behalf of the Dublin C.W.A.made a presentation of books to the value of nine pounds and one shilling
*in 1955 two prints, one of the Queen in the Abbey, and the other of the Queen and the Duke,were purchased from Diamonds Rundle Street. Adelaide
*in 1955 a second teacher was appointed but Miss Dawn Harvey's time at the school was minimal ( March- May ) due to her departure because of ill health
*in 1956 swimming lessons were conducted at Port Wakefield
*in May 1956 a set of encyclopaedia was presented to the school by five former pupils or parents of the pupils namely-Messrs S.West, L.Thompson, H Schlodder , W.Bubner and Mr Norris
*in October 1957 a cricket pitch was laid in the school paddock

Teachers of the Dublin School

{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
!Teacher
!Arrival
!Departure
|-
| Moore, William
| 1881
|
|-
| Hayes, William
| 1882
|
|-
| Johnson, John F
| 1/1/1883
| 31/12/1891
|-
| McCaffrey, Bernard A
| 1/1892
| 22/5/1892
|-
| Burnett, Constance M
| 23/5/1892
| 31/12/1892
|-
| Luke, William
| 1/1/1893
| 2/6/1895
|-
| Sandercock, A M
| 3/6/1895
| 31/12/1897
|-
| Von Nida, L
| 1/1/1898
| 15/9/1898
|-
| Frances, P W
| 26/9/1898
| 14/4/1900
|-
| Parnell, R M
| 15/4/1900
| 6/4/1902
|-
| Sunman, M A C
| 7/4/1902
| 25/11/1908
|-
| Garret, M
| 26/11/1908
| 31/12/1908
|-
| Patterson, E
| 1/1/1909
| 31/12/1916
|-
| Roberts, H E
| 1/1/1917
| 31/12/1933
|-
| Shapley, E R
| 1/1/1934
| 31/12/1935
|-
| Judd, R W
| 1/1/1936
| 31/12/1941
|-
| Ewers, W D
| 1/1/1942
| 26/3/1944
|-
| Griggs, E R
| 27/3/1944
| 12/6/1950
|-
| McRostie, K H
| 13/6/1950
| 31/12/1953
|-
| Salter, J E
| 1/1/1954
| 27/5/1957
|-
| Cullen, B C
| 28/5/1957
| 31/12/1960
|-
| Reskie, T N
| 1/1/1961
| 31/12/1964
|-
| Gross, R E
| 1/1/1965
| 31/12/1965
|-
| Cox, W D
| 1/1/1966
| 31/12/1968
|-
| Vaughan, P W
| 1/1/1969
| 31/12/1971
|}

The photograph of the sundial is included in the article because it recognises the closure of the Dublin School. 

The sundial is installed at the Mallala School with engravings to show the distance, the date of closure and direction that the Dublin School was in relation to Mallala.

The Dublin History Group are currently researching the histories of the former, Dublin, Long Plains, Lower Light, Stony Point, Windsor,and Wild Horse Plains schools. *Historical Cairns made from local limestone, have been erected on the verges of all the school sites by Jeffrey Starr both a Dublin resident and former Dublin school student.  *For further information phone 8529 2028 or email info@dublinhistorygroup. com au   *  

On the Stony Point School site is a limestone cairn which was erected as an initiative of the Mallala Museum Committee and assisted by a grant from the District Council of Mallala. The stone mason was Irvine Smyth from Two Wells.
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{{Memory|some of my memories of my school days were the cold days walking to school having wet shoes and our ration of milk getting heated in a large stockpot with milo yum !!! can anyone remember whether it was Mr Resche wife or Mr Cullen's wife ???}}
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Barabba School

2020-09-04T04:11:41Z

KayBoon:

{{Organisation
|SubCategory=Government
|AltName=Barabba Rural School
|StreetNumber=Corner Wood Rd.
|StreetName=Barabba .
|StreetSuffix=Road
|Locality=Barabba
|Geocoordinates=-34.345014, 138.589904
|DateEstablished=1875
|Date approximate=No
|CeasedOperation=1968
|Date approximate2=No
|EstablishedBy=State Government
|BusinessPurpose=Education
}}
On the 23rd. February 1875 land was set aside for the site of the Barabba School and the area comprised two roods 24 perches.

In 1876 tenders were called for the building of the school room and residence. The school room was completed and open for pupils in April 1877 but the residence was not built until 1885. Until this time the head teacher and his family lived in a small house just north of the [[Barabba Primitive Methodist Church]].

In a speech made by Mr J. Dow at the "Back to Barabba" celebrations in 1945 he states:  ''"The residents applied for a site for a school and they were granted a piece of land of about 1 acre. As it was Government Reserve land at the time, the residents said that they would like to have 5 acres. More land was acquired in October 1876.''

''When the residents of Barabba applied to have a school they were told they would have to raise 100 pound. This was duly done and 80 pound was forwarded toward the cost of the school house, 16 pound for the cost of fencing and 4 pound for an underground rainwater tank. The S.A. Government Gazette of October 5th 1876 states that the tender of Hague and Lake for a school-house and residence was accepted"''

The school opened in April 1877 but no Admission Register exists prior to 1883 at which time there were 58 children on the roll.

On 14th April 1877 a report from the Council of Education in the ''Adelaide Observer'' noted that Alexander Lawson had been transferred from Grace Plains to the school at Barraba.On 9th of June 1877 the newspaper reported that Lawson had been given permission to open a night school at Barraba, indicating a need for education by children employed during the day. On 11th August 1877 the newspaper noted that Eliza Lawson had been appointed as sewing mistress at Barraba School, and Mary Lawson as monitor. But on 24th April 1880 it was reported that the Alexander Lawson's resignation as head teacher had been accepted. He was 53 years of age and not in good health; probably even with the help of his family the work got to be too much for him.

In 1898 Miss Amelia White was appointed to Barabba School as head teacher having been transferred from Watts Range School. She was accompanied by her mother and sister. This began a period of stability as Miss White remained at Barabba School until 1926 when she left the Education Department to marry and live in Western Australia. So ended a remarkable teaching career of 28 years at the Barabba School and involvement in the community.

On October 5th 1901 The Chronicle stated: ''"On Friday, the 10th annual schools picnic was held at Owen - adjacent to the railway line. The schools participating were Alma South, Alma North, Barabba, Dalkey Hill, Hundred of Dalkey, Owen, Pinery and Salters Springs. About 200 scholars were present and with parents and friends the company numbered 500. A programme of sports for the children was carried out and also elocutionary items and singing competitions."''

The combined schools picnic at Owen continued to be a popular event.

In 1903 The Country Correspondence wrote:  ''"On Friday 2nd October people began to put in an appearance at 9.30 am. arriving from all points of the compass on bikes, horseback, spring carts, spring drays, spring vans and vans without springs! Buggies from the most up to date Marnie to the old family wagonette, to say nothing of sulkies and dog carts. The morning train also adding to the visitors. The city Volunteer Band provided music for the occasion."''

On December 12th 1913 the first examinations were implemented for the Qualifying Certificate (called the QC) replacing the Class 5 certificate.

This examination was duly replaced by the Progress Certificate in 1944.

On December 12th 1968 notice was received from the Director of Education that approval had been granted for the closing of the Barabba School as from the end of the school term 1968.
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! Teachers
! Date Commenced
! Date Departed
|-
| Alexander Lawson
| 1878
| 1879
|-
| Henry Allport
| 1880
| Sept. 30th 1882
|-
| John Young
| 1882
| 1883
|-
| Margaret M. W. Myles
| 1884
| 1885
|-
| William Phillips
| 1886
| 1888
|-
| Elizabeth A. Poulton
| 1889
| 1892
|-
| Carl F.W. Hese
| Oct 3rd 1892
| May 8th 1898
|-
| Amelia White
| May 1898
| September 6th. 1926
|-
| John P. Trainer
| Sept 7th 1926
| May 15th 1937
|-
| Henry L. Jacobs
| May 16th 1937
| 1941
|-
| Geoffrey E.H. Glover
| 1942
| Sept 10th 1945
|-
| Rex M. Wilson
| Sept 11th 1945
| 1947
|-
| Sydney G. McRostie
| 1948
| 1955
|-
| Alexander J. Millikin
| 1956
| 1959
|-
| Leon G. Hutchinson
| 1960
| 1963
|-
| Gwen Loveridge
| 1964
| August 28th 1965
|-
| Alec J. Harris
| August
| December 1965
|-
| Gerald W.D. Roberts
| 1966
| 1968
|-
|}

'''Barabba School Honour Roll 1914 - 1918'''

Smyth, A.M.
Roberts, W.N. (Died on active service)
Roberts, R.L.
Coombs,G
Dyer, G. (Died on active service)
Coombs, A.
Baker, F.J. (Military Medal)
Smyth, H
Jeffrey, J
Baker, M.S.
Pitkin, N.V. (Military Medal)
Roberts, H.
Smyth, S.C.
Roberts, H.D.
Wyatt, J.
White, J.
Smyth, H.L.C. (Died on active service)
Norgren, E. (Died on active service)
Hamilton, A.
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Long Plains School

2020-09-04T04:10:44Z

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The school was opened by Mr Mitchell, the first teacher in charge, on 28 May 1883, with the students enrolled from a radius of five miles.

The three terms were spaced with one week holiday between them until Christmas when two weeks were taken.

The pupils were divided into five classes with approximately 45 scholars in classes 3, 4, 5 which were taught by one teacher in a separate room to class 1 and 2. The lessons were reading, writing and arithmetic.

In the period 1918 to 1920 the main stone building was enlarged. One wall was demolished so that the room could be enlarged. The bricks, limestone and sand were brought by rail to the station and transported to the site by the male pupils to the school, mainly by horse and dray.

In 1956-57 a transportable classroom and porch was erected on the grounds under instructions by the Public Business Department, Education Branch. When the school was closed in 1973 this building was transported to Mallala to help accommodate the new students. This 1950s schoolroom has now been relocated to the Mallala Museum and houses its education collections.

The photograph of the sundial is included in the article because it recognises the closure of the Long Plains School. The sundial is installed at the Malalal School with engravings to show the distance, the date of closure and the direction of the school in relation to the Mallala School.

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! Register of Teachers in Charge
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| James John Mitchell
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| Annie Snell
| 1.1.1892
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| Charles James Henryfeah
| 30.9.1895
|-
| Leila Anne Jervis
| 13.3.1896
|-
| Alice Maude Anderson
| 17.1.1898
|-
| David Percy Beale
| 1.1.1899
|-
| Alfred Martin Stapley
| 22.1.1900
|-
| Mary Emmeline James
| 18.1.1904
|-
| Margaret Veronica Madigan
| 11.4.1904
|-
| Mary Emmeline James
| 16.1.1905
|-
| Lindsay Jean Stewart
| 30.1.1906
|-
| Doris Homesby Carter
| 29.10.1906
|-
| Czarina Elizabeth Whittington
| 23.1.1911
|-
| Ernest Anthoney
| 22.1.1912
|-
| Frederich George Lee
| 18.1.1915
|-
| Henry Bedford Duce
| 12.4.1915
|-
| Arthur J Johncock
| 8.11.1915
|-
| Murray J Stanley
| 1.2.1916
|-
| Margaret L Hall
| 1-12-1941
|-
| RusselI H Bennet
| 27.1.1942
|-
| Patrick Leo Fogarty
| 5.2.1942
|-
| Lionel Worrell
| 12.9.1950
|-
| Ian John Camac
| 14.7.1955
|-
| Ernst B. Heyne
| 10.2.1959
|-
| Howard E.Moller
| 24.5 1960
|-
| John P. Kerrin
| 1.4.1963
|-
| Neville Hatwell
| 4.2.1964
|-
| James D.Chant
| 9.2.1965
|-
| Trevor R.Bellchamber
| 23.3.1965
|-
| Ron Blackwell
| 7.2.1967
|-
| Gerald W. Roberts
| 10.2.1969
|-
| Jack Ripton
| 2.2.1970
|-
| J.L.Laracombe
| 4.2.1971
|-
| M.N.Martin
| 11.1.1973

|}
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Port Gawler West School

2020-09-04T04:09:57Z

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Situated south-west corner of Port Gawler Road and Brownes Road.
Private residence since approximately 1975. Renovated by Peter and Jenny Connole, who lived there until approximately 2005.
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! Year !! Teacher Name
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| 1863 || GRAY, Alfred
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| 1864 || TREGENZA, John
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| 1865 || TREGENZA, John
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| 1866 || WINCEY, Henry
|-
| 1867 || WINCEY, Henry
|-
| 1877 || MITCHELL, James John
|-
| 1878 || MITCHELL, James John
|-
| 1879 || DUNGLISON, Elizabeth M.
|-
| 1880 || DUNGLISON, Elizabeth M.
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| 1881 || DUNGLISON, Elizabeth M.
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Port Gawler West School

2020-09-04T03:56:35Z

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Situated south-west corner of Port Gawler Road and Brownes Road.
Private residence since approximately 1975. Renovated by Peter and Jenny Connole, who lived there until approximately 2005.
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! Year !! Teacher Name
|-
| 1863 || GRAY, Alfred
|-
| 1864 || TREGENZA, John
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| 1865 || TREGENZA, John
|-
| 1866 || WINCEY, Henry
|-
| 1867 || WINCEY, Henry
|-
| 1877 || MITCHELL, James John
|-
| 1878 || MITCHELL, James John
|-
| 1879 || DUNGLISON, Elizabeth M.
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| 1880 || DUNGLISON, Elizabeth M.
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| 1881 || DUNGLISON, Elizabeth M.
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Two Wells Public Library

2019-07-17T13:23:23Z

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|StreetName=Old Port Wakefield
|StreetSuffix=Road
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|DateEstablished=2007
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
|EstablishedBy=District Council of Mallala
|BusinessPurpose=Library Services
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== ==

On 8 June 1983 the Two Wells-Mallala & Districts Community Library was formally opened at the Two Wells School by Mrs Joyce Batty. The school council named the library building `The Alan Young Building' and invited Mr Young back to unveil the plaque commemorating the occasion. In 2007 the library was relocated from the school grounds, to the former Two Wells Institute building.

The new Two Wells Public Library is sited within the historic Two Wells Institute where library services in the Two Wells-Pt Gawler region first began in 1878. The library is the result of the Community library at the Two Wells School disbanding.

The new library was officially opened in May 2007 and has become a valuable resource for the community, allowing improved public access to the renovated Two Wells Institute.

The library has community artworks on display.

The library has a variety of resources available including free use of two computers to access the internet. Membership is free.

The Two Wells and District Family History Collection includes many resources which may be useful to researchers and is available on request.

The restored reading room is available for library patrons to use and for organizations to access for meetings.

Branch Libraries

The Two Wells Public Library is the main library service in the Adelaide Plains Council area, with branch libraries in Mallala and Windsor.
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Port Gawler West School

2019-07-17T12:41:04Z

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Situated south-west corner of Port Gawler Road and Brownes Road.
Private residence since approximately 1975. Renovated by Peter and Jenny Connole, who lived there until approximately 2005.
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Lower Light School

2019-07-17T08:55:26Z

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|Date approximate2=No
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== ==

Although these early settlers were well educated themselves such was not the case with the children. Coming to an area which was unsettled where homes had to be built, a living to be made and with their time and means thus expended, a school was a distant vision on the horizon. However, to overcome the difficulty Mr Jimmy Johnson at Korunye employed a governess as did Mr Town at Lower Light. Local children attended at these homes and a fee was charged for each child taught and this helped with the salary of the governess. Secondary education was rare until the early twentieth century.

Early in Lower Light's history there was a small wooden structure, built in the 1860s, on the church grounds. It was used for church, Sunday school and day school. From 1874 until 1890 the teacher's fees were paid by the parents, the children each taking so many pennies to school on Friday. A combined school and residence was established by the Education Department in 1881, the total cost being £505, 16 shillings and 3 pence.

In 1891 the first salary from the Education Department was received by Mr Alfred M. Stapley when a Bill was passed through parliament introducing 'free education'.

Children had attended at these schools as far away as Frosts in the Dublin area, from the Mallala road, as far as Mr Arthur Pratt's and all along the river to the west. 

 

{| cellspacing="" cellpadding="" border="1" width:="" style="" 1="" 2=""
! Date of Taking Charge
! Head Teacher
|-
| 1876-77
| Daniel Coleman
|-
| 1878
| Manton Jackson
|-
| 1880-89
| Duncan McNaughton
|-
| 1900-09
| Alfred M. Stapley
|-
| 1910-12
| Ada Langdon
|-
| 1913-18
| Kate M. Kaine
|-
| 1919
| Andrew G. Brown
|-
| 1920
| Victor Slee
|-
| 1821
| William J. Hahn
|-
| 1922
| Alfred W. H. Lockyer
|-
| 1923-30
| Phyllis M. Fisher
|-
| 1931-37
| Harold J. Donnelly
|-
| 1938-40
| George Geddes
|-
| 1941
| Florence Bigg
|-
|
|Leonard Vickery
|-
|
|Dulcie Battain
|-
| 1941-45
| Dorren Ware
|-
| 1945-49
| Sylvia Schwalbie
|-
| 1950-58
| Joseph Costello
|-
| 1959-62
| Kenneth Clare
|-
| 1963
| Closed 5 February 1963
|}
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|Sources=''Life around the Light: A history of the Mallala District Council area'' compiled by Two Wells. Mallala and District History Book Committee. Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala. (Mallala. S. Aust.) 1985.,Mallala Museum research notes
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{{Memory|Mark & Kay Boon bought the Old School House in 1993, and renovated it extensively, particularly by building a new bathroom and laundry.
The classroom, which had been partitioned many years before to create two bedrooms and a passage, was restored by removing the partitions, thus creating a kitchen/living room.
They sold the property in 2014.
The school house is surrounded on two sides by council reserve with hundreds of sheltering trees, and private property on the other two sides.|Kay Boon
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