Other name: -
County name: Bligh
Transferred:
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Operating dates:
Type of school Opening date Closing date Half-time partner schools
Provisional School Feb 1884 Mar 1889
Public School Apr 1889 Oct 1894
Half-Time School Feb 1895 Oct 1908 MURRAGAMBA
Public School Nov 1908 Jun 1913
Half-Time School Jun 1913 Nov 1917 COOKS GAP
Provisional School Nov 1917 Mar 1919
Public School Apr 1919 Dec 1970
Public School Jan 1975 Open1
Ulan School closed 2021.
22 October 1903 Remain Half time School
Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, M.P., is in receipt of the following letter: - ' Referring to your letter of the 7th ultimo, forwarding a communication from Mr. John T. Moir, of Ulan, again urging the establishment of a full time school at that place, I have the honor to inform you that, having considered a further report of the matter the Minister for Public Instruction sees no reason why to depart from his previous decision, viz., that the present school arrangements in that locality be allowed to continue2
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21 November 1907 New Building
Years ago, when the Public School Instruction Department decided to build. a school in the Ulan district, a central site, as regards population, was selected. But the progress of time has wrought changes, and now the young folk of school age are concentrated in the village, and have to trudge a long distance to the rural school. Hence an agitation has been afoot for some within village boundaries. Mr. Inspector Reay was called upon for a report, and, as a result, the change is to be effected as regards site, but the Ulan people have further reason to congratulate themselves inasmuch as a brand new school is to be erected, and will probably, in the near future, be converted into a full time educational establishment3
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6 February 1901 No New Building
The people of Ulan complain that work, in connection with the building of the new school, has not yet commenced, and the children of the locality have still to trudge the long journey in all weathers to the old dilapidated and inconveniently situated structure wherein they have to swelter with heat or suffer the rigors of cold - according to the season4
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19 November 1908 Full Tims School
The villagers of Ulan are jubilant because their school has been raised to the dignity of a full time school, with a new building. They further rejoice because Mr. J. S. Harding has been appointed the teacher of the same. Mr. Harding has been in the district for many years as teacher of the half-time schools at Ulan and Murragamba, and besides being a painstaking and efficient teacher, he is a good citizen. In fact, his services are considered indispensable if a popular movement is to be brought to a successful issue. Mr. Harding, however, has never to be begged into any honorary position. He has a high sense of duty to his fellow men, and his services are always freely given. Murragamba school will still be conducted as a half-time educational establishment, and the new teacher, Mr. V. Barwick - a Mudgee boy - will divide his time between Murragamba and Cook's Gap5
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12 June 1913 Teacher Transferred
Mr. J. H. Harding, of Ulan, was in Mudgee today. Tomorrow he leaves for North Forbes, where he will take charge of a school of some 40 or 50 scholars. Mr. Harding, who has been for 18½.years teacher at Ulan, is one of the most popular men in the district, and we are sorry to hear of his departure. He took a keen interest in sport, and was always a. leader in public movements. He carries away with him the best wishes of a host of friends6
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5 April 1951 No School Residence
Mr. F. G. Cooke, M.L.A., has received advice from the Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron, M.L.A.) in reply to personal representations made on behalf of Mr. J. V. Rayner regarding the provision of a teacher's residence at Ulan. Under date March 12, the Minister said it was not practicable to proceed with the erection of a residence at Ulan at the present time. 'You will appreciate', the Minister wrote, 'that there are a large number of towns throughout the State, many larger than Ulan, requiring residences for teachers.' In a later letter in reply to Mr. Cooke's further; representations, the Minister stated he was having the position carefully examined7
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