Response to:X-Message: #7 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:56:17 +1000 From: "Hans Braaksma" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [NSW-W] Gobbagaula School Content-Type: text/plain Does anyone on the list know where the records for Gobbagaula School (located in Gillenbah, some 5 km from Narrandera) might be, and how access could be arranged? Any information about the school and its pupils in the 1910's and 1920's would be greatly appreciated. Hans Braaksma (Researching BONDESON, BEECHER, TELFER, EVANS) ******************************************************************************** ************************** Hi Hans Most early official Govt School records are now in NSW State Archives at Kingswood. Dept of Education & Training seems to have disbanded most of their history section in the interests of "modern management" and downsizing, but did offer a big collection of school papers to the NSW Society of Genealogists which thankfully agreed to receive and maintain them, and have now indexed same. In former times the Directorate of Planning Services of dept of Education published several editions of a Directory of Govt Schools 1848-1983, with good historical summary of devt of education in NSW and lists of all schools opening and closing and reclassification dates. 1983 Edition says: 085 GOBBAGAULA* prov1.1880-3.85, 10.1897-6.99; ps 7.1899-6.1906, 7.1913-12.16; prov8.1918-2.40 NB * Named GOBBAGAALY until 1885 prov = Provisional School (could be est where 10-15 or more chn but fewer than the 25 needed for a public school registered to attend. Parents supplied building & furniturein provisional schools and School Council /Dept of Ed Authority the teacher & books; ps = Primary School 085 is County reference. Hope this helps Kay