Tongarra School

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NameTongarra SchoolTypeBuildingSchoolDescriptionA small school operated at William Moles farm Tongarra from the 1870's. The building accommodated some 30 pupils from the surrounding area.

The school was described as ‘not much larger than a sentry box with a floor of earth’ and plans were made for improvements when the Council of Education purchased two acres of land from Mr. B. M. Osborne, and a new school was opened in 1895, built between Tongarra Mine Road and Macquarie Pass on the Illawarra Highway.

By 1900 there were 30 to 40 pupils enrolled including the Thomas children from Clover Hill Macquarie Pass. Their father Harry Thomas was on the school board committee.

Teachers, Miss. Elliott, and Messrs. Miles, Clowes, Hughes, Tindall and Pickup taught there, until the school closed in 1920. (ref. Thomas family tree ‘One Hundred & Thirty Years ’ by Stan Thomas- Green Meadows William A .Bayley), 2005 edition ‘History Notes of Shellharbour City Area, Tongarra Heritage Society Inc. Carole O’Meley.)

Neither school has survived. A residence is built on the site of the 1900 school.

External LinkA School Teacher's Experiences Miss Charlotte Brenning 1889The Tongarra School 1892Albion Park 1894Local and General Items 1895Tongarra Public School 1895Tongarra Public School 1895The Scrap Album 1897Tongarra School 1898The Public School Building at Tongarra 1900Bitten by Snake 1900Presentation Vivian Miles 1902Mr Vivian Miles 1902Presentation Mr John Clowes 1902The Tullumbah-Tongarra School 1903Breveties 1910Tongarra Farewell Picnic Tindall 1918School as Camp 1921Country News 1921Tongarra School 1921Life on the South Coast 50 Years Ago by DLD 1947Historic Land for Auction at Albion Park 1952

Plan of Tongarra showing residences and number of children school age or below.

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CollectionPlacesLocalityTongarraPersonThomas, HenryRelated ItemTongarra Dairy Farms - Perpetural Trustee Company 1911

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Tongarra School