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Shire of Toodyay > Records

COONDLE PROVISIONAL SCHOOL AND STUDENTS

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c. 1897

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Overview

A faded black and white photo of teacher and pupils of Coondle Provisional School.
There are 15 primary aged boys and girls in two rows. One row standing, one row sitting.
The girls are in frocks and pinafores and the boys in knickerbockers and laced boots.
The teacher and another adult female are in ankle length garments.
The school building is of timber and corrugated iron and under the verandah roof is a metal tank and a canvas water bag hanging from the roof line. Gum tress are behind to the sides of the school.
Identified are:
Back Row: J. Britt, F. Ferguson, R.W. Waters, Ivy Waters (Mrs. H.T. Lee), Evelyn Rogers, W. Waters; in pencil: Mercy Syred, teacher.
Front Row: Ruby Ferguson, E.J. Ferguson, Emma Waters, Margaret Britt, Lucy McCluney, W. Britt, Alice Ferguson, D. Ferguson.

Historical information

This school opened on 10 Feb. 1897.
The teacher Mercy Syred, later became Mrs. M. Roberts.

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1171

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Width

16.3000 cm

Height or length

10.7000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

T.? E. Frost, Perth
Names written on the back of the photo in blue biro. In pencil "about (crossed through) 1897".

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