The Earliest records of coimadai Primary School 716
A HISTORY OF COIMADAI PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 716
1862-2013
EARLIEST RECORDS - Snippet from 150 years Celebration Book:
Inspector Hale Budd visited the Pyrete District in 1862 after recieving a "memorial" from the inhabitants stating that they wished to establish a school. The report he wrote is dated 25th November, 1862. On his arrival, he found that the people of Pyrete had built a new weatherboard building at a cost of 35 pounds 10 shillings. The building measured 30 feet by 12 feet, and the other, the school room, measured 20 feet by 12 feet. It was generally the case to have a government site alloted for a school before the building was erected. For Pyrete, however the reverse was the case and it was likely that official aid was delayed due to the slowness in having the size gazetted. The inital allotment granted was two acres, added to in later years.
Inspector Budd mentioned in his report that there were twenty-one children in the school, and fifty families within two miles of the school. Of these families, fourteen were employed at the lime kilns, twenty in the Goodman's Creek Gold Fields, and the rest were employed in farming. School fees at the time amounted to 15/- weekly. No mention was made of the teacher (Mr Brown). Budd advised the local committee to make a formal application to the National Board of Education for aid. George Dickie, as a correspondant, did so on the 17th February 1863 and again on the 15th April 1863. The board however refused aid until the site was gazetted. On the 16th of December 1863 another formal request was made and signed by the whole committee, namely:
George Dickie Pyrete Farmer Wesleyan
George Wood Pyrete Miner Anglican
Daniel Conway Pyrete Carrier Roman Catholic
James Anderson Pyrete Miner Wesleyan
George Burnip Pyrete Limeburner Roman Catholic
1862-2013
EARLIEST RECORDS - Snippet from 150 years Celebration Book:
Inspector Hale Budd visited the Pyrete District in 1862 after recieving a "memorial" from the inhabitants stating that they wished to establish a school. The report he wrote is dated 25th November, 1862. On his arrival, he found that the people of Pyrete had built a new weatherboard building at a cost of 35 pounds 10 shillings. The building measured 30 feet by 12 feet, and the other, the school room, measured 20 feet by 12 feet. It was generally the case to have a government site alloted for a school before the building was erected. For Pyrete, however the reverse was the case and it was likely that official aid was delayed due to the slowness in having the size gazetted. The inital allotment granted was two acres, added to in later years.
Inspector Budd mentioned in his report that there were twenty-one children in the school, and fifty families within two miles of the school. Of these families, fourteen were employed at the lime kilns, twenty in the Goodman's Creek Gold Fields, and the rest were employed in farming. School fees at the time amounted to 15/- weekly. No mention was made of the teacher (Mr Brown). Budd advised the local committee to make a formal application to the National Board of Education for aid. George Dickie, as a correspondant, did so on the 17th February 1863 and again on the 15th April 1863. The board however refused aid until the site was gazetted. On the 16th of December 1863 another formal request was made and signed by the whole committee, namely:
George Dickie Pyrete Farmer Wesleyan
George Wood Pyrete Miner Anglican
Daniel Conway Pyrete Carrier Roman Catholic
James Anderson Pyrete Miner Wesleyan
George Burnip Pyrete Limeburner Roman Catholic