WONGAMINE SCHOOL
c. 1895 - 1899A black and white photo of students. Both boys and girls taken with their teachers, Mr. & Mrs W. Perrin.
Mr Perrin is on the right, in a dark suit and holding a book. Mrs Perrin is on the left, in a striped two-piece long dress.
There are 27 children in all and one of the older students in the middle of 3 rows, is holding a small child.
The front row children are sitting on a bench, middle and back row are standing.
Tree foliage and the school building is behind the entire group.
Boys are dressed in knickerbockers, jacket, shirts, knee length socks and boots. The girls are in mid calf length frocks with longish sleeves and cowl neck lace collars. Some button boots can be seen.
In the photo there is one teacher (Mr. William Henry Perrin), one sewing mistress (Mrs. Elizabeth Perrin, nee Woolhouse), 13 male pupils, 13 female pupils, & one infant (female).
It is believed that some of children (particularly the infant) may have been some of the Perrin children, owing to their young age.
The exact date of this photograph is not recorded in the archival records, but it is estimated to have been taken in the late 1890s
Details
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On back: in blue biro: "Wongamine School, Mr & Mrs Perrin teachers. Dawn Ray Prints. [ie Dawn Atwell and Ray Paynter made the print]. Former accession no.: TCH 83:97"
William Henry Perrin (1831–1903) was a convict transported to Western Australia, who later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. He arrived in Western Australia on board the Palmerston in February 1861, and received his ticket of leave the following year. He was employed by the Dempster family at their Wongamine farm, and later purchased a small block of land on the boundary of their estate.
In 1868, Perrin began teaching a small class of children there. The following year he received a government grant of 2 acres (8,100 m2) for a school site, and a small schoolhouse was built. He was officially appointed a government schoolmaster in 1871, and later that year he married Elizabeth He officially retired from teaching in 1901. Based on the ages of the children and the style of the clothing, the photograph captures the school class towards the very end of his 40-year career.
Convict Records website, William Henry Perrin webpage
WikiTree: William Henry Perrin
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