Sandra: Wongarbon is 17 kms east of Dubbo Spelt back to front No Brag Now Wongarbon Public School Had it's centenary 1987. My mother went to school at Eulomogo. I have the Centenary book. I will read through it for you to see if I can come up with what you may want to know. The name Cleaver is still a family name here in Dubbo and Gilgandra. John Mason eeastrid@bigpond.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra & David <sandave@ceinternet.com.au> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 10:18 pm Subject: Re: [NSW-W] look-ups offered. > Bernice, > I met a man in Canberra early this month partly to find out his > knowledgeabout a school where I taught for 11 years before a > medical retirement. The > man in question is the 70 + year old son of a former principal of > my former > school.Much of our discussion was about Wongarbon School rather > than Erina > Heights which I understand his father was largely instrumental in > gettinggoing or at least getting on the straight and narrow.If you > should have any > references to Mr Cleaver at Wongarbon about 60 or more years back > then I > would welcome them . I will then pass them on Mr Cleaver jnr in > Canberrapartly as a way of thanking him for his time and for > donating some photos to > my former school. I heard stories about Wongarbon such as Mr > Cleaver owned a > car but the only policeman owned a horse. When the policeman had > to go to > outlying properties to identity bodies etc then he called on the > teacher to > drive him and act as witness. > I'm assuming that Wongarbon is the place just outside Dubbo. There > couldn'tbe two cities like Wongarbon surely. > Regards > David > Central Coast NSW > > > ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== > Have you registered your surnames on the NSW-WEST home page??? Go > to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/ and from there to > Surnames for further details. > >