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School name: Avisford

Other name: -
County name: Wellington
Transferred:
URL for linking: https://nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au/schoolHistory?schoolId=221
Operating dates:
Type of school Opening date Closing date Half-time partner schools
Public School Sep 1860 Dec 1860
Public School Jun 1865 1868
Provisional School Jun 1879 Jun 1882
Public School Jun 1882 Jun 1891
Half-Time School Jul 1891 May 1895 CAMPBELLS CREEK
Public School Jun 1895 Dec 19241

Avisford School site Portion 60 Parish Avisford County Wellington

1880 Teacher Appointed

On 21 September 1880 Mrs Annie Cunliffe was appointed teacher at Avisford2 .

1922

30 January 1922
Qualifying Certificate Examinations.
MUDGEE DISTRICT.
The following conclude the list of passes:-
Avisford - Albert Granet Hogan3 .

1923

10 May 1923
AVISFORD SCHOOL.
Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Director of Education: - Replying to your representations of April 28, on behalf of Mrs. Thos. Gorrie, of Avisford, via Mudgee, and Mr. E. Lawrence, of Avisford, via Mudgee, urging the re-opening of the school at that place. I wish to say that the effective enrolment at the end of the March quarter was nine only. Consequently it became necessary to withdraw the teacher. Your correspondents state that there are ? children of school age who could attend. The question of re-appointing a teacher is under reference to the local inspector of schools for report4 .

1972

24 November 1972
(320) Sydney, 24th November, 1972.
PROPOSED REVOCATION OF DEDICATIONS
As I am of the opinion that the purposes of the dedications of the areas described hereunder have failed, notice is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of section 25 of the Crown Lands Consolidation Act, 1913, that it is intended to revoke such dedications with a view to dealing with the land in accordance with the provisions of that Act. T. L. LEWIS, Minister for Lands. Land District-Mudgee; Shire-Cudgegong; Parish Avisford; County Wellington, 8 094 square metres, being portion 60, dedicated 26th March, 1886, for Public School Site. Pks 72-17695 .

References

1 Secretary. ‘School History Database Search’. NSW Department of Education, 29 January 2020. https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/our-people-and-structure/history-of-government-schools/school-database-search.html.

2 New South Wales Government Gazette. ‘Government Gazette Appointments and Employment’. 21 September 1880. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223777303.

3 Qualifying Certificate Examinations. (1922, January 30). Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155648306

4 Mudgee Guardian, Thursday 10 May 1923, p. 12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155624791

5 PROPOSED REVOCATION OF DEDICATIONS (1972, November 24). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 4758. Retrieved January 16, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220149038