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PENNANT - RED KARRAGULLEN

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Overview

A red triangular cloth pennant. White cloth lettering has been sewn along the centre that reads [KARRAGULLEN].

On the long edge of the pennant is a white cloth stripe used to slide onto a pole.

Historical information

A piece of sporting regalia for Karragullen Primary School. The school had its roots as a sawmill company school in the 1890s before a state school opened in 1913. In 1920 the school moved to Brookton Highway before the school was once again moved in 1967 to its last location.

It was around the 1910s the area moved away from timber felling and into developing orchards.

Karragullen Primary School was one of many small schools that existed in the hills of the City of Armadale area. Its closure was rationalised by the then Minister for Education Colin Barnett as a decline in student numbers. This was the fate of many other small schools in more rural areas of Western Australia.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK2000.42

Item type

Flags

Material

Cloth

Statement of significance

An example of school regalia that belonged to Karragullen Primary School. Its students were largely the children of orchardists in the area.

The school would be closed at the end of 1999 as the result of falling student numbers.

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Thursday, 2 July, 2026