I got side tracked into someone else's family tree and would like some help David Borrie Young teacher record No.2271 taught at 843 Harrietville and 736 Three Mile Creek. Is school 736 the 3 mile in the Beechworth area and where was/is it? thanks for any information on this subject ian payne

Ian, School 736 - Three Mile Creek - established 1864 - closed 5 March 1942 - located 5 km from Beechworth on Wangaratta side Beechworth, Wangaratta Road - First HT - Augusta Clark. Source = 125 Years at Beechworth SS1560. Jackie -----Original Message----- From: hillhouse2 [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 30 September 2005 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [HC] school No.736. Three Mile Creek I got side tracked into someone else's family tree and would like some help David Borrie Young teacher record No.2271 taught at 843 Harrietville and 736 Three Mile Creek. Is school 736 the 3 mile in the Beechworth area and where was/is it? thanks for any information on this subject ian payne

From: Education is the Source of Greatness by Geoff Craig In 1858 a Public Room was built at Three Mile, and it was to be used for the purposes of Public Meeting Room, Reading Room, Day School, Church and Sunday School. The OMA 6th May 1858: Public Room at Three Mile The inhabitants of the Three Mile have followed the worthy example of the People of Snake Valley (Stanley), and have erected a room to be used as a Church, School House, and for Public purposes. It will be formally opened on Sunday next 9th May, 1858, when two sermons will be preached, the one in the morning by Mr W. Morton, and in the afternoon by the Rev. Th.H. Jackson. On the following day, Monday 10th may, 1858 a public tea meeting will be held commencing at 5 o'clock when addresses will be delivered by several Minister and friends of the movement. OMA 12th May 1858 The building cost about sixty pounds. It was paid for and he (Mr Tresetter) had four pounds, twelve shillings in hand. Subscriptions had been received almost entirely for the inhabitants of the locality.. Amy those who gave speeches at the opening was James Simpson Thompson, then Schoolmaster the Nine Mile (Stanley) Public Room day School. It is not known how long the Three Mile Public Room, opened in 1858, was used for School purposes, but by 1863 a new Brick School (Three Mile Creek 736) had been opened in May of that year to meet the education requirements of the children of the inhabitants of the Three Mile area. (Book - Memories of Around Picnic Gully - G.G. Craig 1988.) School No 736 Three Mile Creek In May 1863 D.V. Short announced that the local Committee would open a school three miles from Beechworth, and it wanted it vested in the Board of Education. The 24 feet by 17 get brick building, with shingle root cost one hundred and twenty pound, and was built on two acres of land on the west side of the Beechworth/Myrtleford Road. Members of the local Committee were Messrs R.Collins, M.West, J.Gillies, M. Ellen, R.Bruce and D.Short. School Three Mile Creek opened on 1st January 1864, with Augusta Clark as Head Teacher, and following a report of District Inspector Brown in October, 1864, aid was granted from the 1st of July of that year. By 1873 the School had been enlarged to 36 feet by 17 feet, and a residence of four rooms built. James Brady than had an attendance exceeding one hundred pupils. Leased by the Education Dept in 1874 for two pounds per month, the property was bought for one hundred and seventy three pounds, and Three Mile Creek became a state school from 1st June, 1874. A new 30' by 18' schoolroom with porch was added in 1875 for 325 pounds, 2/- and 6d. By 1882 the net enrolment was 146 pupils. The correspondent of the first School Committee of 1911 was H.Ellen. During remodelling in 1923, the local hall, rented at one pound per week, served as a classroom. The building was fenced, and an unused land incorporated in the grounds. The number of pupils declined steadily to eight in 1937. District Inspector James Davidson recommended that the school be closed the pupils transferred to Beechworth. School 736 Three Mile Creek was officially closed on 5th March 1942. ----- Original Message ----- From: "hillhouse2" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 9:19 AM Subject: [HC] school No.736. Three Mile Creek >I got side tracked into someone else's family tree and would like some >help > > David Borrie Young teacher record No.2271 taught at 843 Harrietville and > 736 Three Mile Creek. Is school 736 the 3 mile in the Beechworth area > and where was/is it? thanks for any information on this subject > > ian payne >