Hello Trevor, Can't help you much except for some info from Vision & Realisation (Education Dept book which has histories of Vic schools). The book confirms that three schools operated at Rushworth during the period you are interested in. A National school operated from 1858 to 1870, a Presbyterian school operated from 1859 to 1872, and these were replaced by a state school in 1872. It doesn't say exactly where they were located, but that they served the mining community in the area. Of no use to you in Perth, but the Public Records Office in Melbourne would possibly be the best place for the old school records. Cheers Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 01:15 PM 11/08/2004 +0800, you wrote: >Hello Listers, >Does any kind soul know of schools in Rushworth, particularly in the >vicinity of Cockatoo Reef which is along Jones St., opposite the site of >'Smiths the Union' Hotel. I understand the original town was around this >area. Have school rolls survived from here for the period 1860-1880? Have >other researchers had any success with finding these records? >My family names from Cockatoo Reef mine are: James Johnston and wife Jessie >(maiden name Jack) & children Christina,b.1859, Lewis,b.1862, John,b.1863, >James,b.1866, Alexander,b.1869, Jessie,b.1871 (my grandmother). All births >were at the mine. >Any help gratefully received. >sincere thanks, Trevor Worth (in Perth)

Trevor - Try this link, don't know if it will help but records of some sort are indexed here. Just scroll down the page a bit. http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/access/online.htm Denise