History: Spicers Creek School

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School name: Spicers Creek

Other name: -
County name: Lincoln
Transferred:
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Operating dates:
Type of school Opening date Closing date Half-time partner schools
Provisional School Jun 1878 Jun 1881
Public School Jun 1881 Apr 1901
Half-Time School May 1901 May 1907 LAMBING HILL
Half-Time School Jun 1907 Oct 1908 BUNGIEBOMAR
Public School Nov 1908 Apr 1927
Provisional School Sep 1934 Nov 1957
Public School Nov 1957 Dec 19841

Spicers Creek School site Portion 6 Parish Bald Hill County Lincoln

1880 Teacher Appointed

On 21 September William Perkins was appointed teacher at Spicers Creek School2 .

1898

30 May 1898 Peter McCabe was instructed to act as teacher of Spicers Creek Public3 .

1900

12 September 1900 Peter McCabe was instructed to act as teacher at Drill Creek Provisional4 .

Spicers Creek Provisional School II in the County of Lincoln opened in September 1934. There was a previous school at Spicers Creek from 1878 to 1927. (1)

In 1934 the establishment of a provisional school required a minimum of ten students. (2)

In November 1957, the school was converted to a Public School which required a minimum of nine students. (3)

The school closed in December 1984. (4)

Endnotes
1. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.121; See AG/6815.
2. Ibid., p.17.
3. Ibid., pp.18, 121.
4. Ibid., p.1215 .