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Colour photo of a wooden sign central to the picture. Two wooden uprights and a bar across which displays the "Jennapullin School 1906-1945".
This is located on the Northam-Goomalling Road. The surrounds are green grass and large and small trees.
Jennapullin School was located in the Shire of Northam, and is believed to have been situated at the intersection of Belmuggin Road and Northam-Goomalling Road. (about 15 km from Northam)
The first school was established in 1895, and was then held in the District Hall. A new school was built in 1904 (demolished in 1950).
WA Schools Gazetteer – a listing of schools, with locations and dates, in Western Australia (2018) by Geoffrey Higham, Geoproject Solutions Pty Ltd
History of Schooling in the Avon Valley, WA. by Rebecca Doughty, 2016
