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MASON MILL'S SCHOOL Research by Gordon Freegard
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The first school in the Kalamunda area was in a hall built by Benjamin Mason at the head of Bickley Brook, near his timber mill, in 1869. The exact site of the hall is not known - some say it was next to the present pipeline from Victoria Reservoir, on the east side of Masonmill Road; others say it was on the other side of the road and a little further to the south west. Wherever it was, it was the place where the first formal education was dispensed in Kalamunda. No records survive of the names of the first pupils, but among the early ones were Weston children and Wallis children. The first teacher in that lonely outpost where men greatly outnumbered women was Mrs. Caroline Bayliss, on a salary of 25 pounds ($50) a year. She taught a class of 17 children - ten boys and seven girls. The numbers kept fairly close to this until Mason Bird and Co went out of business in 1882, and by 1885 there were only nine pupils left.
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1869 Teacher Mrs. Caroline BAYLISS Enrolment 17 - ten boys and seven girls.
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1870 Teacher Mrs. Caroline BAYLISS Children known to have attended: Charles Cooke
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1871 Teacher Mrs. Caroline BAYLISS
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1872 Teacher Mrs. Caroline BAYLISS Enrolment 18 - six boys and 12 girls.
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1873 Teacher Mrs. Caroline BAYLISS
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1874 CLOSED
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1875 CLOSED
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1876 CLOSED
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1877 CLOSED
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1878 Teacher S. MASON Attendance 12.
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1879 Teacher Attendance 6 (10 on roll). School closed after four months.
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1880 CLOSED
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1881 CLOSED
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1882 Teacher Mr. William COUSINS School re-opened in the third quarter. December enrolment was 17 boys and 8 girls.
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1883 Teacher Mr. William COUSINS
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1884 Teacher Mr. William COUSINS
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1885 Teacher Mr. William COUSINS Enrolment of 8 boys and 1 girl. School finally closed after six months.
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Article: Teacher & Salary Research Helen Skehan |
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Copyright : Gordon Freegard 2008 - 2022
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