WEST TOODYAY SCHOOL BUS

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1928

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Overview

B&W photo.
A group of pupils & two female teachers, of West Toodyay School, alongside a horse-drawn school bus.
Boys in the front are dressed in short pants, long sleeved shirts & hats or a cap on their head.
It is difficult to see what the girls are wearing but they have hats on & some boys have bare feet.
Subjects identified as Mr Green. J. McCluney, Jean Lee, Amy Dawson, Robert Weir (almost hidden), Helen Weir with David Weir - in front of her, almost hidden, Gordon Davies, head in the rear Katie De Bondi, almost hidden on the right J. McCluney with the cross, Florrie Dawson in front of her, Tom Bateman holding a grasshopper, Joe De Bondi, Peter De Bondi and Clive Davies.

Historical information

An accompanying envelope lists the names of those in the photo.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1126

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History
Education

Material

Photo Paper

Width

22.5000 cm

Height or length

16.3000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Blue biro writing on reverse of photo. Reads: "Stuart Sinclair. West Toodyay school bus. De Bondi. Dawson"

Contextual Information

In 1920 Toodyay's Duke Street School was declared Western Australia's first consolidated school, taking students from smaller schools in outlying areas. Such consolidation provided more efficient teaching than multiple smaller schools. Initially, West Toodyay School was closed and the children taken to Duke Street each day by bus. The same was done for other Toodyay district schools later.

Year

1928

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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