The school officially opened 31st October 1881 and James Cawdell was the teacher until he retired in 1894.
In the 1970s a bushfire swept through the Macquarie Valley and the schoolhouse was badly damaged. The headmasters residence is today a private home and the ruins of the schoolhouse next door still stand in the garden.
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| Tullimbar Headmasters Residence c.1980 Shellharbour Images, Shellharbour City Libraries |
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| Tullimbar School, date unknown. Shellharbour Images, Shellharbour City Libraries. |
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| Tullimbar School children 1946. Shellharbour Images, Shellharbour City Libraries. |
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| Ruins of Tullimbar School c.1980 Shellharbour Images, Shellharbour City Libraries |
I’m truly impressed how you're able to find out all these little snippets of history! I can't imagine the number of hours of work that you've put in digging all these information and pictures out of storage either!
ReplyDeleteOh thanks Mark. Appreciate it :)
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