COOKING CLASS TOODYAY SCHOOL DUKE STREET

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c. 1920 - 1929

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Overview

A b&w "copied" photo of 12 female students of Duke Street School are seen in their domestic science cooking aprons & caps behind two cloth covered tables.
One has a Primus Stove upon which is a Vacola Bottling Outfit , a basin & fruit on a platter.
The second one is laden with fruit filled labelled jars.
Behind the girls is a weatherboard building.

Historical information

Acquired from Miss Kath Butterly.
The old Newcastle School, located on Duke Street, was the first purpose built school in the new town site of Toodyay (then known as Newcastle). It operated as a school from 1887 to 1954.
From about 1914, new teaching methods were introduced at this school, located in Duke Street, Toodyay that focused on skills suited to future farmers and country residents, including the use of small agricultural plots.
From 1918 the school was classified as a rural observation school.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1039

Item type

Photographs

Width

25.3000 cm

Height or length

20.3000 cm

Themes

Social History

Education

Inscriptions and markings

On a separate sheet of paper with the photo, 8 names are written: "Janet Weir, Enid Wroth, Clarice Lloyd, Delcie Bird, Bertha, Dulcie Lindsay, Ida James, Blanche Leeder, Kath Butterly".

Contextual Information

In May 1919, 27 visiting teachers participated in a "school of instruction", spending two weeks learning about the new teaching methods. This was the largest such event held in the state at the time.
In 1920 the 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 schools later; the increased student numbers necessitated addition of another classroom, and a wooden pavilion was moved from Bunbury in 1923.
A Parents and Citizens Association was formed in 1921, and a school board was elected in 1923. Also in 1923, the school was provided with electric light.
By 1949 increasing numbers of students meant a site for a new school was chosen. In 1954 the new Toodyay District High School opened and Duke Street closed.

Year

c. 1920 - 1929

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Geotag

-31.551044807783, 116.46763743995

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